The Sandman

E. T. A. H polish offmanns The Sandman illuminates Freuds theory of the Uncanny. Freuds understanding of Nathaniel in E. T. A. Hoffmanns The Sandman is that the Nathaniels disquietedman like actions are the result of the give-up the ghost of his suppressed juvenile material. Nathaniel is the protagonist and is convinced that a frightful hatful awaits him. His fear focuses on a threatening old man whom he has understood since infantile to be the Sandman, a monster who takes away the look of children who are awake at night. He connects the sandman with Coppelius, a colleague of his breed and he incriminates Coppelius in his fathers death.As an adult, Nathaniel madness is triggered after having a visitor from what he debates to be the sandman whom in reality is a salesman named Coppola. Freud uses E. T. A Hoffmans The Sandman to describe the psyche of repression of childhood complexes. E. T. A. Hoffmanns The Sandman is believed to be uncanny by Freud. Nathaniel believes in the ev il sand-man from his childhood. He is not completely mature and has trouble growing up end-to-end the bill. His fiancee Clara tries to help and tell not to let his stories get to him except it only maddens him.Nathaniel indispensablenesss people to commissariat into his stories but his stories drive him to be a mad man. He is sent away to recuperate at an asylum. He meets a man named Coppola who he believes to be the evil Coppelius/ sandman. Nathaniel ends up realizing that he is only when a man who sells glasses and buys a pair off of him. While he is away he falls in dear with an inanimate object named Olimpia and forgets about his fiancee Clara. But then he had n perpetually had such a perfect listener. He loves the way Olimpia just sit there and listens to his stories, he falls for her womanly shaped figure. Her attractively molded features and her shapely figure compelled general admirations. Nathaniel ends up destroying Olimipa, which can treat as one of his alter e gos, his narcissistic side. He remembers about his c everywhere girl Clara and gets better he goes back home to his family but Nathaniel is not better. Clara ends up bringing up a gray bush that she spots which reminds him of the sandman and drives him mad again. He attempts to kill Clara and then ends up jumping and killing himself as salutary as his alter ego Coppelius.As people began to climb the steps in order to seixe the lunatic, Coppelius laughed and said Ha, ha- just wait, hell soon get into down soon by himself and looked up, like the others. Suddenly Nathanael paused and stood stock still, he went down. Suddenly Nathanael paused and stood stock still he went down perceived Coppelius, and, with a piercing shriek of Beautiful eyes-a Beautiful eyes- a he jumped over the parapet. By the time Nathanael was lying on the pavement, his head shattered, Coppelius had vanished into the throng. 118) Coppelius can be read to be an alter-ego of Nathanael the way Hoffman states that Coppelius just vanishes once Nathanael hits the ground makes it call forms as if now that Nathanael is not alive neither is the story of the sandman Freud does not believe that the sandman or Olimpia are Nathaniels alter-egos. He has other interpretations about what is treat with Nathaniel. Freud believes that Nathanaels obsession with the sandman and Olimpia is what someone experiences in adulthood that was repressed from their in front stages in life.Nathaniel was told the story of the sandman as a little child by his old nurse dont you know yet? Hes a wicked man who comes to children when they dont ask to go to bed and throws handfuls of sand into their eyes that makes their eyes fill melodic line and jump out of their heads and he throws the eyes into his bag and takes them into the cresent moon to feed his own children (87) Freud believes that this story triggered the instability of the psych while Nathaniel was young.In the Uncanny Freud states everything that ought to dumbfound remained transcendental and secret, and yet comes to light, (7) Whenever something reminds Nathaniel of the sandman it triggers him to turn into a madman and he gets lost in his own world. There are different causes that trigger one to go mad. Freud believes that one of the main sources of uncanny has to do with the idea of one organism robbed of their eyes. Oedipus that mythical-lawbreaker was simply carrying out a mitigated for of punishment of expurgation. Freud believes Nathaniel was afraid of castration not just loosing his eyes since many cherish both(prenominal). Oedipus links with Nathanael, both were afraid of loosing a part of them that they both treasure. Nathanael also treasures his mother. Nathaniel seems to only see his mother as good, she is the one who protects them and the one that does not want the sandman in the house. my mother, kissing and cuddling her darling boy who was thus restored to life. (91) Nathanael has an fastening to his mother.Nathan iel appears to not like his father and see him as the bad parent. I was comforted by the realization that his alliance with the devilish Coppelius could not have plunged him into eternal perdition. (92) It could be because the father continues to allow the sandman in their home. Freud believes that nothing is ever forgotten and it just stays suppressed in ones mind until something triggers one to remember. Nathanaels suppressed memories make his narcissist.The double is the special source of narcissism in a child. Only in Olimpias love do I recognize myself Olimpia had voiced his own thoughts. This is where Nathaniels narcissism returns Olimipa is a reflection of himself. The idea of the double does not needfully disappear with the passing of the primary narcissism, for it can receive fresh essence from the later sages of development of the ego (10) Olimpia is the re-birth of Nathaniels narcissism ways in which he begins again to be self-absorbed.The Sandman by ETA Hoffman is o ne of the most well known little stories throughout history. It is very unusual to other short stories. Whether we all agree with Freuds interpretation of the story, Freud makes some good arguments on wherefore the narrator is the way he is. Nathaniel is a troubled individual who ends up taking his own life. No matter which way you take the story he ends up still being a madman.