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is ambitious who determines to be “the best psychiatrist”. He has strongpersonality factors such as diligence, firmness, and perseverance, which help himovercome difficulties in achieving his moral ideals and career goals. During first worldwar, Diver risks his life to Europe in order to develop his academic and scientificresearch. In Vienna where the shadow of war casts, he concentrates on his bookregardless of hard condition. He is so diligent and creative that his academic writing isthought “from an Englisnman, they could not believe that a book with such a densedescription could have been written by an American.”(p.110) The man is empathetic,“As seeing a beautiful shell, he feels sorry for the diminishing life in the shell. ” (p.103)Therefore, he feels sympathy for Nicole, who is mentally deranged after incest with herfather. Diver generously offer help to her and all the people around him. He takesextraordinary courage to accept the love of a mental patient, to marry her, and to bearthe heavy mental burden with her. He is gentle, amiable, charming, and more gracefulthan any man in that upper class. He seems to have marvellous passion but behaves inthe social scenes as composed as a priest. “There’sa toughness in him, thetemperamentof self-control and self-discipline”. (p.125) He is quite good at controlling emotions,believing indulgence is disgraceful.

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Conclusion

Overall, factor analysis as well as projective method within the framework ofShame Model are applied into the study. By psychological trace of the protagonist andautobiographical reference of the author, the reason for Diver’s moral decline isrethought: Feelingsofshame triggerappropriatemotivationsto remedy moral mistakes,but Diver’s wrong attributions make the effect debilitating or even counterproductive.His external attribution decreases the motivation for self-improvement while the globalattribution increases self-defensive motivation. He blames circumstances for thedilemma and absolves himself of responsibility for his choices and actions. He doesn’tagree with the Warren’s idea of “buying” a doctor, but he chooses compromise. Hedetests infidelity which is against his inherited morality, but he indulges in carnalpleasure. He aspires to be the best psychiatrist but deludes himself with sacrifice andincompetence. He who takes himself as wholly defective gives in to alcoholism anddissipation in the end. All the incongruous actions indicating his dysfunctionalpersonality result in Diver’s moral debacle. The dysfunctional personality costs him hisprofession aswell ashispersonal life.WhileNicole, hispsychologicallydisturbedwife,becomes saner, Diver sinks deep into insanity because of his damaged image. In thisprocess, he tries to deny his true nature by catering to others and develops evasivetendency. In Diver’s own words, when misfortune strikes, his mask is ripped open,resulting in his fall from the heights of prosperity deep down to the depths of adversity.

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