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I think that Norma was his lover back then. I think that grief most likely drove him to insanity, convincing himself that every woman is Norma.

Yes he does suffer from a Blue Beard Complex he wants to dominate women or the less powerful.

The Id overpowers his behaviour which is why he has unbalanced ego.

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From a psychoanalytical lens, the hammer represents power and strength. It shows that the Id is stronger as a hammer to many represents danger and a weapon. It is a symbol that is mean to show someone over powering someone over another. The hammer also shows that the young man has a blue beard complex. This is because he kills women, he does not know it but he may think that women are weaker, that is why he uses a hammer.  

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From a psychoanalytical lens, the hammer represents power and strength. It shows that the Id is stronger as a hammer to many represents danger and a weapon. It is a symbol that is mean to show someone over powering someone over another. The hammer also shows that the young man has a blue beard complex. This is because he kills women, he does not know it but he may think that women are weaker, that is why he uses a hammer.  

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It connects to the young mans other personality, his split personality. The other personality is his shadow self, the opposite of what he is on the outside, before he finds out that Norma is dead.

The hammer also connects more with the Id than the super ego.
Connects more with the shadow self, and danger.
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From a psychoanalytical lens, what could the hammer represent? think about symbolism....

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i believe that he is suffering from the bluebeard complex because he is choosing to murder women. He is choosing to murder women

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Maybe one day Norma found out she was pregnant with loves child and love found out and he proposed with flowers. Norma then rejected Love and then killed he accidentally with a hammer.
Love has most likely experienced tragic rejections in his life with women, and it seems Norma was the tip of the iceberg to set him off on a murder spree.

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yellow flowers are talked about a lot in the story. what do the yellow flowers represent?

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There is so many images of birth in the story because of the time of season and to emphasize that nothing is wrong. Birth is the opposite of death, something that the young man does but is not aware of it, killing women. Stephen king is trying to show in the story that nothing is wrong and that the young man is not the hammer murderer.

In the young mans past, he may have had a rough childhood. He may hate the mention or see birth around him because of what his parents, his mom did to him. Birth is represents pure, something that the young man is not, something that he may want to be but can not. Then once he sees birth or purity around him he becomes uneasy and his shadow self stars to come out and his murderous side, the hammer murderer comes out

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Norma left love

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Why are there so many images of birth? why does the flower vendor emphasize including baby's breath flowers? can it represent anything?

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The young man is murdering women because he is reliving the same day from 10 years ago. During that day the young man killed Norma, causing him to repress his memory of that day. This is why he thinks that Norma is still out there and alive.

Murdering women can also explain how he thinks and that he may have a split personality. One personality is in the same day as 10 years ago, the other is the personality that knows hes wrong and that Norma is not alive and out there.

The young man may have a stronger ID than super ego, meaning that his ego is unbalanced. When he kills his Id is making the decisions, his super ego not in control. After killing his 6th victim, he has a bounce in his step, meaning that he does not know that he just killed and just pretended that it never happened. This proves that his ego is unbalanced as it shows that he has a weak super ego an has a strong Id, with an unbalanced ego.

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Does he suffer from a complex?

Which personality element overpowers his behaviour?

Do you think he may have repressed an experience in his life that caused mental instability?