The study intends to study the archetypal anxieties in Stanley
Kubrick?s (1980) The Shining, which can be interpreted as Danny?s
journey for the completion of his individualization process. In his
individualization process, Danny has to go through the anxieties often
seen in fairytales, such as separation anxieties, authoritarian anxieties,
Oedipal rivalry anxieties, and sexual anxieties, in order to acquire his
autonomy. The Overlook Hotel becomes symbolic of collective human
evil, being charged with evil spirits. Only those who refused to identify
themselves as victims would escape from the evil history of the hotel
and would not be transformed into a homicidal maniac, pouring their
anger to their families.