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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One An Overview of Freudian Psychoanalysis
1.1 Freudian psychoanalysis theory
1.2 The Oedipus Complex
1.3 Tripartite model of the psyche
1.4 Creative writers and daydreaming
Chapter Two Dreiser's Inner conflict-His Personality Imbalance
2.1 Dreiser's childhood：roots of his inner conflict
2.1.1His mother-representative of the id
2.1.2His father-representative of the superego
2.1.3 The influence of the parents'conflicts on the development of Dreiser's personality
2.2 Psychoanalysis on Theodore Dreiser's Personality Imbalance
2.2.1Dreiser's indulgent id
2.2.2 Severe constraint from the superego
2.2.3 Dreiser's week ego
2.2.4 Dreiser's inner conflict-his personality imbalance
Chapter Three Sister Carrie- Dreiser's Daydream and The Reasonable Outlet for His Inner Conflict
3.1 Carrie-Dreiser's dream self in opposite sex
3.1.1 Carrie— the dream-pursuer in the city as Dreiser himself
3.1.2Carrie's pleasure-seeking nature as Dreiser's id-driven nature
3.1.3Carrie's struggle between the id and superego as Dreiser's inner conflict
3.1.4Carrie's discontent with her life and endless desire as Dreiser's dissatisfaction with his own marriage
3.2 Hurstwood-His nightmare self
3.2.1Hurstwood's original position as Dreiser's ideal life
3.2.2Hurstwood's sexual desire towards Carrie as Dreiser's amoral attitudes
3.2.3Hurstwood's tragedy as Dreiser's fear of his future and self-punishment for his varietism
Conclusion
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