This article will reveal that the tragic characters’ unconscious wants, beliefs and desires have a direct influence on their behaviour and their interactions and contribute to the unfolding of the tragic plot in Racine’s Phèdre. This work uses Eric Berne’s transactional analysis to explore the psychoanalytical dimension of Phèdre’s behaviour towards Hippolyte in order to go beyond Roland Barthes’s interpretations of this dynamic as a ‘rapport de force’. Hence, the development of the tragic action within the play and implicitly Hippolyte’s demise becomes the composite result of the characters’ unconscious needs, desires and beliefs, which influence their decisions, actions and interactions.

本文将揭示悲剧人物无意识的欲望、信念和欲望对他们的行为和互动有直接的影响，并有助于拉辛的《费德勒》中悲剧情节的展开。这项工作使用 Eric Berne 的交易分析来探索 Phèdre 对 Hippolyte 行为的心理分析维度，以超越 Roland Barthes 将这种动态解释为“关系融洽”。因此，剧中悲剧性行为的发展和隐含的希波吕忒之死成为角色无意识需求、欲望和信念的综合结果，这些需求、欲望和信念影响了他们的决定、行动和互动。