The Secret Garden: An Exploration of Psychology Through Fairy Tale and Gothic Narrative Devices
Bachelor thesis
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This thesis examines how The Secret Garden explores the psychology of the central characters Mary Lennox, Colin Craven and Mr. Craven through fairy tale and gothic narrative devices. Fairy tales and gothic tales share many similarities, both in structure as well as tropes to present a world filled with curiosity, dangers and monsters. By using a psychoanalytical perspective, one may extract the meaning behind the desires and fears present in fairy tales and gothic tales and thus have a deeper understanding how these functions in the work, for good or ill. This thesis examines how The Secret Garden explores the psychology of the central characters Mary Lennox, Colin Craven and Mr. Craven through fairy tale and gothic narrative devices. Fairy tales and gothic tales share many similarities, both in structure as well as tropes to present a world filled with curiosity, dangers and monsters. By using a psychoanalytical perspective, one may extract the meaning behind the desires and fears present in fairy tales and gothic tales and thus have a deeper understanding how these functions in the work, for good or ill.