In the analysis of Adolf Hitler, to what did the analysts attribute Hitler's tyrannical rage?
A) His underdeveloped id.
B) His overactive superego.
C) His failure as an artist.
D) His weak/non-existent ego.

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Analysts often attribute Hitler's tyrannical rage to a weak or non-existent ego, which in psychoanalytic theory, means he had difficulty mediating between his basic drives (id) and moral conscience (superego), leading to extreme behaviors.

In the Analysis of Adolf Hitler, to What Did the Analysts