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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelHuman psyche, according to Freud, is compared to an iceberg. It means
that only the smallest portion of human mind that can be seen on the surface.
Inside human psyche, it is indeed hiding a thousand of unsolved mysteries. This
can be seen in this short novel of Dostoyevsky, The Double, which uncovered
those secret sides of human being. This short work conveys a character with a
psychological disorder. This character which is known as Mr. Goldyadkin seems
to be divided into two. He sees himself in double light. The other ' iddyadkin
owns a perfect resemblance but different in personality. Fortunate./, the
appearance of the other is not factual but appears only in Mr. Goldyadkin's
disintegrated mind. Thus, I assume this problem as schizophrenia. Inspired by his
problematic condition, I am interested in analyzing the symptoms of
schizophrenia that appears in Mr. Goldyadkin as well as the trigger of his mental
disorder. To meet my aim, I use psychological approach with the help of
schizophrenia concept and theory of defense mechanism in order to analyze Mr.
Goldyadkin's behaviour and speech to prove the symptoms and the causes of
schizophrenia. In Mr. Goldyadkin's behaviour, delusion and hallucination can be
considered to be the symptoms which commonly appear in paranoid
schizophrenia. Along with his delusion and hallucination behaviour, Mr.
Goldyadkin also oftentimes finds communication problem in his conversation. In
addition, the trigger or Mr. Goldyadkin's schizophrenia stems from Mr.
Goldyadkin's inferiority feeling and society's rejection toward him. Ir order to
cope with this uncomfortable condition, Mr. Goldyadkin applies p r ojection and
fantasy as his defense mechanism. However, these mechanisms di not help him to
get away from those feeling. On the contrary, these mechanisms tl.rn him into a
schizophrenic.