Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The 4th International Language, Culture Literature Symposium, Antalya, Türkiye, 17 - 18 Mayıs 2018, ss.35
Touching upon the elements of horror, romance, art as
well as power and control, John Fowles, in his debut novel The Collector, portrays the spiral and hideous plans of an
insignificant, introvert butterfly collector Frederic Clegg by laying emphasis
upon the transformational influence of the concepts such as imprisonment, class
conflict, intellectual disaccord on the ego and self of the protagonist. In
spite of manifesting himself at the beginning of the novel as an ordinary
character with a mediocre life, Clegg, then, embraces the determinant factors on
his personality for example deviance, obsession, commitment, solitude and
fondness, and he morphs into an intrepid adventurer who imprisons a college
student of fine arts but does not bother, annoy, harass or torture her. The
fact that Clegg kidnaps Miranda and puts her in a basement with the thought that
she can like him thanks to confinement, yet he does not hurt her, heightens the
tension and reveals certain implications of Clegg’s perverted, abnormal,
twisted psychological state.
The purpose of this
study is to designate the determinant factors of Frederic Clegg’s metamorphosis
into adopting a deviant self in accordance with the unrequited affection which
uncovers the concepts of disconnection and fracture in the protagonist’s
personality and identity. The main focus of the study will be closely associated
with unveiling the nuances between the personality characteristics of a
psychopath, sociopath, or a pervert by looking at Clegg’s overriding drives and
impulses in The Collector.