Wasp Factory
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Frank and Castration Frank has been brought up with the idea that 'he' was castrated by an attack from a child hating dog when he was an infant. This myth was created and maintained by Frank's father Angus. Angus has a glass jar with what appears to be a set of infant male genitalia in his study. When Frank finds these and examines them he finds them to be made from modelling wax. Frank has been kept from contact with other females by which she might have discovered the nature of her own genitalia.
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| If fear of castration is the force behind the development of the Super Ego then this might explain Frank's lack of moral qualms over his violent behaviour. Freud suggests that females have weaker super egos than males 'because they are already castrated'. |
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Why? How could I have done those things? Perhaps it was because I thought I had had all that really mattered in the world, the whole reason - and means - for our continuance as a species, stolen from me before I even knew its value. (6) |
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Frank knew that each of those three children would have grown into the thing he could never be - an adult and capable of reproduction.. |
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