A Boy with a Bird

Abstract

This article presents the images of birds in Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent. This metaphoric framework is used to analyze the unconscious family scenarios and relationships and the implicit aspects of the main hero’s character

Keywords

• archetype
• trauma
• symbol
• ego
• multiple personality
• orphan
• rescuer
• pursuer
• victim
• falcon
• raven
• sparrow
• dove
• canary