BİR İNCELEME ÇALIŞMASI: FLANNERY O’CONNOR’IN A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND ESERİNDE PERSONA VE GÖLGE ARKETİPLERİ

Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find will be analyzed through Carl Gustav Jung’s archetypal theory, particularly the Persona and the Shadow. While the Grandmother represents the Persona, hiding her flaws behind a mask of morality, the Misfit embodies the Shadow archetype, confronting disturbing truths about human nature. The interaction between these two characters highlights the tension between what is on the surface, namely appearance, and reality. By applying Jungian concepts, this paper aims to explore how O’Connor critiques false morality and challenges the complexity of the good and the evil.