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    Authority, Sexual Maturity, Homosexuality, ‘Canes’, ‘Cudgels’, ‘Swords’ and ‘Staffs’ in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s «My Kinsman, Major Molineux»

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    URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/1332
    ISSN: 1578-3820
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i5.122
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    Ruiz Más, José
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    2004
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    In this paper I endeavour to revise the psychological approach employed by many literary critics to analyse Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s short story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux ”. I pay special attention to the relevance of the symbolism of the names of the tools and weapons which the different characters of the story brandish to emphasise their sense of authority, sexual maturity and adulthood in public. The images of these weapons and tools appear to represent Freudian phallic symbols, a fact that contributes to reaffirming the validity of the psychological approach for this story. This present study concentrates on the relationship between the theme of authority and the theme of adulthood, as well as on the analysis of the psychological evolution that the protagonist, Robin, goes through in order to achieve what both Hawthorne and the very protagonist believe sexual maturity and adulthood consist of. I also speculate on the possibility that, consciously or unconsciously, Hawthorne could ...
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    American literature
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”
    homosexuality
    sexual maturity
    father figure
    phallic symbols
    masculinity
    Literatura norteamericana
    homosexualidad
    madurez sexual
    figura paterna
    símbolos fálicos
    masculinidad
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