• Johnson Francis A.

Abstract: This article aims to analyze the causes which lead Boy Staunton in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business to commit suicide in comparison with Ramsay, one of Boy’s friends, who is raised to the level of sainthood by Davies. It uses Jung’s Analytical Psychology to understand and make deeper study of the characters in the novel. Confronting with one’s shadow is one of the important aspects which leads the character to become an individuated person. Failing to do so makes the character not only psychologically under-developed person, but also an unhappy person to himself, Boy Staunton’s choices in his life make him externally successful and internally ill leading him to commit suicide at the end of the novel. While Ramsay is not as glories as that of Boy, still leads an internally comfortable and happy life. What makes the difference is what is dealt in this article.

Analytical Psychology, Archetypes: Persona and Shadow, Individuation.

"Unconfronted Shadow: A Cause for the Suicide of Boy Staunton in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.78-80, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810618.pdf

"Unconfronted Shadow: A Cause for the Suicide of Boy Staunton in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp78-80, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810618.pdf