The Ego in Freudian theory is the Reality Principle. You're right about the Ego assessment for Richard but I think wrong within how you applied it. TLDR: Richard, Don Juan and Rasmus in the first HM represent the Id, the Ego and the Superego from Freud's teachings. Sorry again if this is an accidental repost, pretty certain I haven't heard this theory voiced anywhere before though! Any feedback would be appreciated, feel free to give your thoughts and tell me of the many holes there are in my argument. I realise some of these links could be a bit of a jump - especially as this kind of theory can be discarded in HM2 as they really only used Richard. Most people in society would be disgusted by Jacket 'taking out the trash', compared to Don Juan who almost seems to care about him.įorgive me if I've messed up, and I realise this is rather long - this is my first post. Rasmus represents the Superego, societies view on Jacket's actions. Don Juan symbolises the Id, and he expresses concern and almost nurture the violent side of Jacket, by asking if he is ill and maybe he should see a doctor as he wants these killings to continue. He also makes predictions of what will happen in the future due to these actions. Richard is the most iconic character and he symbolises the Ego, he realises the characters actions are wrong and questions why Jacket is making these choices, which is something we may all do as a result of our egos. I was studying Freudian theory during the time and noticed several links between the actions of each character and Freud's definitions of the three parts of human personality - the Id, the Ego and the Superego (the characters are also sat in this order). As he slowly slips into psychosis, the room gets dirtier as he is realising the dirt of his actions. As the game progresses, we witness the state of this room slowly deteriorating (blood and dirt on the floor/walls, flies etc.) - well as each of these meetings occur after a specific event, that would, for most people, deeply affect them I believe that this room is supposed to be Jacket's mind. So in the first game, we meet Richard, Don Juan and Rasmus in a single room. So I had a theory on the masks from the first Hotline Miami which I haven't seen being expressed before (sorry if it has and I just haven't realised), I'm not entirely sure it is completely correct, but I thought that the coincidences seemed too strong to just not mean anything.

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