Psychological Analysis Of Rashoman

PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF RASHOMAN English 161, Chris Evans Submitted by Joe Rousseau Rashomon, by Ryunosaki Akutaguya provides great shrewdness into the psychological discord that the Japanese culture was undergoing in the proto(prenominal) part of the twentieth century. Japan was in the throes of a social transformation, from a traditional, religious-based society, to a newly adopted weternized culture. Japan was quickly assimilating industrial and scientific techniques and philosophies that were in conflict with, and were replace traditional ways of life. Akutaguwa illustrates this with his opening two paragraphs where he shows the erst proud and majestic Rashomon Gate, a religious monument, abandoned and in ruins. As we enter the story, it is raining, (symbolic of transformation or rebirth) and the author describes the metropolis of Kyoto having undergone a series of calamities; earthquakes, fires and tornadoes which have left Kyoto in a state of decline. This image is put nerve by side with the Samurais servant, whose master, one time prosperous, is wealthy no longer. The servant, therefore, has been discharged and is taboo on the street. Psychologically, the imagery of the first two paragraphs is important. The religious artifacts, once richly decorated with gold and silver, no longer proudly represent old Japan.



The gold and silver has worn moody and the statues, which themselves represent the collectivist lookout and values, are being chopped up and sold as firewood. This represents a westernized psychological mindset that everything is for sale, including the Japanese peoples once- idealized values. The Rashomon itself is now a repository for the Kyoto dead, symbolically, those who cannot adapt to the new psychology and values victorious over Japan.

The current states of the city and the Rashomon Gate sets the stage for the servants internal psychological struggle. We meet the servant, his once picturesque clothes are now worn thin that like...

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