Freud conceived the Superego as the infantile internalising of parental authority and a manifestation of the sublimated Oedipus complex.  In this work I look at an example of the many ways in which our superego can manifest itself in familiar incidents, and how our feelings and behaviour are affected by it, even when we’re not aware of its presence. This work, based on an episode in the life of the Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens provides us with a picture of unacknowledged guilt and the Superego.