Freudian Complex
In the play Oedipus the King, first performed 429 BC, Sophocles, an ancient Greek tragedian, writes about Oedipus and the horrid fate that awaits him. Throughout the play, several measures are taken to release him of his fate but ultimately it all happens to be futile. Similarly, in the excerpt of his 21st lecture, 1920, Prof. Sigmund Freud, a neurologist and more importantly a psychologist, speaks about certain urges or desires that every human being experiences but cannot control. He relates it to the myth of Oedipus and calls these experiences the “Oedipus Complex”.
Sophocles and Freud, although from two distinctly different periods of time, believe that Oedipus had no real control over his actions. They think that he would reach the same conclusion regardless of any actions taken against it. However, they differ from each other in explaining this occurrence. Sophocles, in his writing, seems to indicate that everything is premeditated and that it is fate …show more content…
This quote shows that Sophocles leans towards the supernatural aspect in explaining this condition of Oedipus. Sophocles believes that Oedipus cannot control what fate has decided for him and that
In the play Oedipus the King, first performed 429 BC, Sophocles, an ancient Greek tragedian, writes about Oedipus and the horrid fate that awaits him. Throughout the play, several measures are taken to release him of his fate but ultimately it all happens to be futile. Similarly, in the excerpt of his 21st lecture, 1920, Prof. Sigmund Freud, a neurologist and more importantly a psychologist, speaks about certain urges or desires that every human being experiences but cannot control. He relates it to the myth of Oedipus and calls these experiences the “Oedipus Complex”.
Sophocles and Freud, although from two distinctly different periods of time, believe that Oedipus had no real control over his actions. They think that he would reach the same conclusion regardless of any actions taken against it. However, they differ from each other in explaining this occurrence. Sophocles, in his writing, seems to indicate that everything is premeditated and that it is fate …show more content…
This quote shows that Sophocles leans towards the supernatural aspect in explaining this condition of Oedipus. Sophocles believes that Oedipus cannot control what fate has decided for him and that