Persepolis Mobile Desire Quotes

Mobile Desires Desires are strong feelings of wanting or wishing for something to happen. When a person desires something or someone, their sense of yearning is excited by the satisfaction or the thought of the item or person. If Freud is correct when he argues that, “desire is essentially mobile” then we should be able to see how the desires of both characters Marji in Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, and Brutus in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare change as a result of those around them (Bennett 207). Taking this into account, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory by Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle calls attention to the idea that a person’s desires are ever changing by way of society and those around them. In the book, we learn that Freud believes “the precise structure of

For example, Brutus’ desire to eventually kill himself was purely his own desire. Brutus does not die simply to avenge Caesar, but instead dies wanting to leave a complex legacy: "Caesar, now be still: I kill 'd not thee with half so good a will (103). Brutus was committed to his own death, an act of self-sacrifice that was only influenced by his own thoughts and actions. In this situation, other people such as Cassius most likely would not have suggested for Brutus to take his own life. Moreover, in Persepolis Marji’s original desire in the novel to be a prophet was a desire that was not shaped by those around her. In fact, many people including her teachers, peers, and mother laughed at and disapproved of her aspiration to be a prophet (Satrapi 8). Society and peers can influence one’s desires but in this situation Marji’s desire to be a prophet was originated of in spite of others rather than as a result. Desires are mobile because of society’s influence however this is not necessarily true in every situation and