In "Spider-Man 2", the relationship between Parker and Mary Jane is an important dark line in the play, but their emotional development is always blocked. The film attributed Parker's difficulty to "showing love" to "do not want Mary Jane to be injured", but we must not be confused by such superficial reasons, but must dig deeper into the character's real unconscious motives. In fact, what Parker has been avoiding is establishing a vulgar and predictable love relationship with Mary Jane. In the unconscious structure, he cannot enter into any relationship as "Peter Parker". He must make himself sublime, and only by becoming a hero and realizing his illusion of being the central subject can he arouse his own desire for love.
In the symbolic world, the counterpart of Peter Parker should be the daughter of the landlord’s boss. Only by becoming a noble Spiderman can she be worthy of Mary Jane. The fundamental difference between Spider-Man and Peter Parker lies in the position of identity in the symbol system. As an idol, Spider-Man is witty, humorous and slick, while Peter Parker is a poor creature who often needs his sincere gaze to beg for forgiveness.
(In the only sign system, humor is a privilege, showing a dominant position, and seriousness means embarrassment in power.)
Therefore, he must combine with Mary Jane as a hero to complete the reversal. However, he can't tell the truth directly—"Hey, Mary, I'm a hero." This is a non-heroic behavior, but it will destroy the noble sense of his painstaking efforts. Therefore, he must entice the other party to take the initiative to discover, showing that he is always willing to talk, a deliberate concealment, and a secret that shows the outline. When the other party is about to give up because of hopelessness, he must open appropriately to increase the other party's uncovering. The possibility of the mystery.
Not only Peter Parker, but almost all important characters in the play are neurotic:
1. Mary Jane discovered the path of subject centralization in Spider-Man-to become a secret supporter of the hero and share this sense of sublime. So she gave up her original position in the symbol system without hesitation-her absence at the grand wedding, leaving only a note. This attitude of refusal to deal with the aftermath is extremely destructive, but this is exactly the effect she wants, through destruction to make a thorough cut from the mediocre life in the past. In this unrevealed note, she must interpret her sabotage as affectionate. 2. Henry is immersed in revenge, not because the hatred of killing his father is not shared, but because he needs this hatred to mobilize all his erotic desires. He fabricated the image of a "victim" father in his revenge, and he himself became a hero who punishes rape and eliminates evil, a central legislator and judge. 3. Aunt Mei chose to move ahead of time after her own value was not recognized by the bank. The essence was a resistance to the systematic oppression of the existing value system. But this kind of resistance is only destructive and not constructive. When faced with the ultimate problem of value fate, she plunged into fantasy again. There, "Love Parker" itself became the home of value, so even if Parker chose to abandon her at a critical moment, she must also love Parker, because after her husband died, "Love Parker" was the only way for her to enter the symbolic world. These characters are essentially different sides of the same subject, corresponding to those sensitive individuals living in the imaginary world in reality. From this perspective, what this superhero movie does not say everything but wants to reveal clearly is the isolation and helpless spiritual crisis faced by individuals in real life.
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