期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：2
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：The movie “I Am a Mother” an Iranian film made in 2012 by Fereydoun Jeyraniattempts to depict various issues that the Iranian society of the time faces. On one hand themovie shows how sometimes the hardships and the burden of being a mother stand next toliving in hell and on the other hand, how women instinctively crave becoming a mother andfill incomplete without a child. In the following few pages the movie “I Am a Mother” will beanalyzed based on Jung’s Psychological theory of the mother archetype. Therefore adescription of the theory will be given and the role of a mother, the love she has for herchildren, the sacrifices she willingly makes for them, and the pain she feels when losing achild as shown in the movie, will be attended to. Therefore this essay will mainly focus on thefemale characters each of whom has experienced the feeling of being a mother for a period intheir lives. Before moving on to the psychoanalysis of the characters, a short introduction tothe plot of the movie seems necessary.
关键词：I Am a Mother; Jung; mother archetype; psychoanalysis
