Chapter 1IntroductionChapter 2Th e Villain and the Reasons of ViolenceChapter 3Th e Eff ects of Superego and Object Relations onPersonality DisordersChapter 4Th e Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Its Defenses1. Th e Narcissistic Personality Disorder2. Th e Defense Mechanisms of the Narcissistic PersonalityDisorderChapter 5Th e Narcissist in Literary Texts1. Robert Browning My Last Duchess2. William Shakespeare Othello2.1. Iago3. Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray3.1. Dorian Gray3.2. Lord Henry Wotton4. Similarities between The Duke of Ferrara andDorian GrayChapter 6ConclusionReferences