...notion that "humour has in it a liberating element." He continues: "[W]hat is fine about it [humor] is the triumph of narcissism, the ego's victorious...the arrows of reality or to be compelled to suffer." While engulfed within the novel's matriarchal world, the reader is "impervious to wounds dealt by the...

...later essay, Freud elevates humor to a noble, heroic status: [Humour] is fine . . . elevating . . . the triumph of narcissism, the ego's victorious assertion...of its own invulnerability. It refuses to be hurt ... or to be compelled to suffer. It insists that it is impervious to wounds dealt by the outside world,...

...and therefore help to validate analytical theory. As Freud says (1928, 'Humour,' CP, 5: 216), '. . . the triumph of narcissism, the ego's victorious assertion...invulnerability. It refuses to be hurt by the arrows of reality ... It insists that it is impervious to wounds dealt by the outside world. . . .' Later, Freud considered...

...essay, Freud elevates humor to noble, heroic status. For Freud, humor is "fine . . . elevating . . . the triumph of narcissism, the ego's victorious assertion...of its own invulnerability. It refuses to be hurt ... or to be compelled to suffer. It insists that it is impervious to wounds dealt by the outside world,...

...rightly distinguished this type of humour from the wit of the straight comic stories. Humour, he argues, 'refuses to be hurt by the arrows of reality or to be compelled to suffer . . . Humour is not resigned; it is rebellious. It signifies the triumph not only of the ego, but also...

...liberating element it has "something fine and elevating, which is lacking in the other" forms of humor. What is fine about it is "the triumph of narcissism,...is impervious to wounds dealt by the outside world" (p. 217). Humor is clearly reflected in the contribution by author Derek Maitland that is presented...

...victorious assertion of its own invulnerability" (p. 217). In every case of humor, he writes, the ego "refuses to be hurt by the arrows of reality or to be compelled to suffer." Instead, the narcissistic aspect of the psyche insists that "it is 319 impervious to wounds dealt by...

...victorious assertion of its own invulnerability" (p. 217). In every case of humor, he writes, the ego "refuses to be hurt by the arrows of reality or to be compelled to suffer." Instead, the narcissistic aspect of the psyche insists "it is impervious to wounds dealt by the outside...

...butcher wields is a chunk of wood or perhaps a stone that is causing her some slight discomfort. She refuses to be hurt by the arrows of reality or to be compelled to suffer. Her attitude — and Luther's identification with her — is comparable to Freud's triumphant prisoner...

...time to acquaint ourselves with some of the characteristics of humour. Like wit and the comic, humour has in it a liberating element. But it has also something...It refuses to be hurt by the arrows of reality or be compelled to suffer. It insists that it is impervious to wounds dealt by the outside world, in fact,...