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Lacan and Dora. Identification, Desire and Anxiety The case of Dora, the hysteric, is one which held a fascination for Lacan throughout his life. This is reflected in the number of times he returns to Dora in his seminars. Even in Seminar I (1954/5) he comments on the frequency with which he had already made use of it:" Now I am going to make use of an example which you are already familiar with, since I have gone over it dozens of times - the case of Dora" (p.183) Why was it that Lacan found Dora so obsessive ? In looking at his many varied approaches over the years it is possible to see that he saw the case as unpeeling a large onion, that has layer upon layer of meaning, "...there is no reason why analysis, should not be conceived of as a process of fleecing, of peeling...

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