A Psychoanalytic Study of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Treatment of Bibi Haldar

Abstract

This research paper concentrates on the study of surface human psyche which outwardly appears as a result of several hidden desires of unconscious in literary works. Psychological Problems like hysteria take on humans under the influence of some past repressed tragic memories or desires which ultimately are reflected through the behaviour of a person.  Fulfilment of these desires act as purgation and cure for diseased mind as it happens with an important character of the selected story.