psychobiography project

Psychobiography Project

Reshma Shrestha

Prof. Virginia Davis

Texas A&M Commerce University

8th November, 2020

Psychobiography Project

The selected real person for this project is Harriet Tubman, who is one of the most famous and leading abolitionist in Africa. She not only herself escaped slavery, but also she led thousands of enslaved people towards freedom by the pathway of the underground railroad. She was basically born in Maryland and then she became the most famous conductor of the underground railroad. It is because she took the risk in her life to lead hundreds of family members and slaves from the plantation system to freedom. She is regarded to be one of the abolitionists before the proceeding of the American Civil War. She is also famous for her assistance in the Union Army during the war as she was working as a spy among the other roles (Biography, 2020).

The character of Harriet Tubman is a real example of psychoanalytic theory by Sigmund Freud. The theoretical implication mainly incorporated towards the methodological investigation and treating the disorders or deprivedness in the personality of the individual is the key insights of the psychoanalytic theory. Mainly the theory is considered to be significant because inner forces drive behavior is developed among individuals. For example, it happened that Harriet spends all her life in slavery, and somehow she was afraid of the cruel behavior with which all of the slaves were treated from the plantation system. It was the time when she brought out the inner drive of deprivedness related to slavery, and she decided to spend all her life helping the improvised former slaves and the elderly persons (History, 2020).

The only reason due to which she is considered to be the most recognized icons in the American history is her inner legacy that, if she was deprived of education, independence, and equal rights then, she won't let other people live in the same way and thus, she inspired a lot of people from every race and background. Under the insights of Freud, the human mind is made up of two parts in which conscious and unconscious minds are included. It was residing in the sub-conscious mind of Harriet that she won’t have other people to be slaves which prompted her to make the decision even though she didn’t recognize it on a conscious level.

References Biography. (2020, June 05). Harriet Tubman Biography. Retrieved from the biography: https://www.biography.com/activist/harriet-tubman History. (2020, Sep 29). Harriet Tubman. Retrieved from History: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman