Freudian Analysis of The Pawnbroker

SolÆs loss of his family to the brutality of Nazi Germany represents the loss of a desired object. His loss of love for self stems from his feelings of shame and guilt over the fact that he survived while his loved ones did not. In The Pawnbroker, we see this most forcefully when SolÆs father-in-law Mendel harshly informs him: ôGuilty to find yourself alive...so you wrap yourself in a kind of shroud until you feel the same death as those that died. Does blood ever flow through you û can you feel pain?ö (Lumet, 1965). When Sol tells him, ôI surviveö, Mendel tells him: ôA cowardÆs survival. No love. No passion. No pity. Dead û Sol as a man. The walking deadö (Lumet, 1965).

SolÆs neurosis is maintained by a variety of defense mechanisms used by Sol to distort or deny the cause of his anxiety. SolÆs ego defense mechanisms distort reality and impair his ability to function. They become neuroses that impair his relationships with others and impact his functioning in a negative manner. Sol relies upon repression, denial, r

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