Mulan – Psychoanalytic Theory

Mulan – Psychoanalytic Theory
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January 8, 2022
Understanding the underlying circumstances an individual face is essential for any psychological professional. It allows him to have a holistic appreciation of the internal and external circumstances that caused an individual's personality, beliefs, traits, or psychological condition, among others. Accordingly, this article would focus on analyzing the psychological profile of the famous TV character Mulan. This includes an analysis of the character's demographics, history, presenting problems, and psychoanalytic analysis. Such analysis would be conducted primarily using Freud's psychoanalytic theory and alternatively using Jung's theory of the Collective Unconscious. Nonetheless, the author believes that it is essential to have a holistic and more comprehensive understanding of an individual's life regardless of any psychoanalytic theory. 
Demographics
           Fa Mulan Hua Mulan (aka Mulan) is a 16-year-old female Chinese character who was enlisted in the Chinese army following her fear that her ailing father might be enlisted in the army (Tyler, 2021). She came from a family who belonged to the lower classes of the Chinese hierarchy since her parents were farmers and did not belong to the Chinese noble classes back in the day. Since she was still a teenager and merely pretended to be a teenage male, she had no regular source of income. There were also no reports of Mulan achieving a formal educational status, and it is unclear whether her parents homeschooled her. 
History
            Mulan's personal history is highly conflicting with established cultural norms of society. As stated earlier, Mulan came from a humble family of farmers and was merely forced to pretend that he is a male persona in order to protect his father. It must be noted that during those times, women were expected to be meek and timid, with their primary function being in the household. Nonetheless, Mulan has always been a free-spirited and active individual who is already seen to be defiant of the usual expectations for Chinese women during their era. 
           During the time when Mulan was drafted, she was forced to act like a man. Even though she is free-spirited, Mulan was still raised as a woman who has never forgotten to fulfill a woman's role in the household, such as cooking, cleaning, and taking care of chores. In other words, the experience that she had during the time of the draft was too different and repressive for her. 
Presenting Problem
           Accordingly, Mulan's problems were feelings of repression, acts of rebelliousness (towards her parents), and signs of anxiety and depression. On the one hand, Mulan's feelings of repression were shown during the time before she was drafted, although it was shown that such feelings were least significant. On the other hand, however, Mulan's actions were more suggestive of anxiety and depression after she was drafted and forced to undergo military training. While Mulan did not personally state these problems, the most common symptoms shown i...