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Item Conflict Between Desire for Individual Freedom and Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study of Oe's A Personal Matterand Updike's Rabbit, Run(Department of English, 2007) Sharma, Laxmi NathTo read John Updike's novelRabbit Runand Kenjaburo Oe's novelA Personal Matteris to decode both the protagonists Rabbit and Bird respectively in the midst of psychological tension created by the routine of unfulfilling married life with their wives and children. They can neither suppress their desires to be free nor can avoid the social responsibilities, so torn between two conflicting choices. Rabbit and Bird both having name from non-human world, represent animal nature and try to fulfill their suppressed desires by neglecting their familial responsibilities andtaking shelter in sexual perversion and alcoholism. Rabbit in theRabbit Runguided by Id, the psychological motif he inhabits, runs forever instead of returning to his family to cope with the reality and Bird, in A Personal Matter, though guided by the same motif returns to his familial responsibilities when his Super-ego creates an unconscious sense of guilt. However, the desired goal of both of the protagonists remains unfulfilled throughout.Item The Dark Side of Human Psyche: A Study of Sexual Obsession and Rivalry in Amsterdam(Department of English, 2006) Adhikari, SunilAmsterdam, a widely acclaimed novel of Ian McEwan, brilliantly captures the theme of dark side of human psyche thereby showing possessive nature and sexual dissatisfaction among Molly's lovers that generates the male-rivalry among them which ultimately leads all of them to destruction. Molly's death brings her former lovers to her funeral ceremony, where three of them, obsessively discuss the experience of sexual encounter with her. Their friendship which is established after Molly's death ends in a tragic disaster due to the manifestation of their latent dark psyche.Item Psychological Dilemma in Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint(Department of English, 2009) Sharma, RajuThe present research work is a critical study of Philip Roth’sPortnoy’s Complaintfrom the perspective of repressive neuro-psychoanalysis. This research paperattempts to delineate the ambivalent stance of Alex Portnoy, an emotionally and psychologically disturbed character, repressed under domineering mother. Alex, a narrator reared in strict household, suffers from feeling of unfulfilled sex, obsession and anxiety. Duty of being a Jew and his desires constantly collide each other. Although he attempts to despise morality electing himself to liberate through sex; sexuality cannot heal his psychological state of dilemma. This makes him a depressed character.