Oedipus complex

In his essay The Dissolution of the Oedipus Complex, Sigmund Freud asserts that "anatomy is destiny"(Freud 178). Anatomy defines the sexes and their fate regarding their desires, sexualities, and evidently, their gender. All humans are born with a set of reproductive organs that allows them to be categorized into certain groups as a result. According to Simone Beauvoir, "science considers characteristics as secondary reactions to a situation" (Beauvoir 23-24). Beauvoir uses the key word…

My personal opinion from a psychology student point of view is that Billy demonstrates many symptoms of the Oedipus Complex. In other words, I believe he has rooted attachment issues with her primary caregiver, her mother. He is known to have a deep affection for her mother, as well as perceiving her as the center of his life. The most important sign of his hidden sexual desires towards his mother can be observed any time he gets rejected by his mother. He reacts ultra-sensitively, and leans…

point being the scenario presented in Sopohcles’ Oedipus Rex. Freud was interested in psychosexual development and theorized that, in accordance with his theories of the Id, Ego, and Superego, children would naturally develop a sexual attraction to their mother and want to murder or remove their father, a scenario vaguely similar to the situation presented in Oedipus Rex, where a king unwittingly kills his…

three different personality types are distinguished and characterized by different traits based on peoples’ fixations of them during development in the Oedipus complex (Cervone & Pervin, 2013). These fixations are past failures that could result from too little or too much satisfaction from a single source. Those described with an oral complex are categorized as greedy, narcissistic and disregard others’ feelings and concerns. This person is mainly focused on their own wellness and satisfaction…

Oedipal complex was initially used by Sigmund Freud as he developed a theory to explain the psychosexual stages of development. He attempted to describe the boy feelings of attraction to the mother with anger and envy towards the father (Fear, 2005). Basically, the boy may feel like he is competing with the father for the belonging and possession of the mother. The boy sees the father as a threat for her affections, desires, and attentions. In terms of the psychoanalytic theory, Oedipus complex…

the overcoming of Freud’s theoretical Oedipus Complex. Throughout the movie, The Lion King, the main character Simba has to deal with the guilt of thinking he killed his father. Simba’s uncle Scar encourages Simba to “run away and never return”(The Lion King). The finale is a fight between Scar and Simba to see who claims the title of king. Every main plot point has an Oedipal reasoning behind it. The Lion King is an allegory for overcoming the Oedipus complex. The first scene is a march of the…

himself wanted the lines to be blurred. Throughout the play, despite raw text hinting towards the Oedipal Complex between Hamlet and Gertrude, when delving deeper into the script, the true intentions of Hamlet’s love towards Gertrude and Ophelia are revealed. Paying close attention to Hamlet’s numerous actions towards his mother, Gertrude, one may assume that Hamlet endures an Oedipal Complex. In one of many instances, Hamlet implies that he is perhaps fond of Gertrude. Towards the end of Act 3…

Oedipus complex is believed to develop during the phallic stage. A scientific definition defines as “ a complex of emotions raised in a young child, especially a boy, by a subconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite gender” (Rather 2011). Electra complex is the equivilent for girls and their psychological development. The theory explains how boys have the fear of castration…

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, we see Hamlet as a very enigmatic, complex character; therefore, he is a highly analyzed character. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, introduced the Oedipal complex, in which he theorizes that unconsciously, there is a sexual desire of all children for their parent, and view their other parent enviously and as rivals. Hamlet regards Claudius, Hamlet’s father’s brother, with utmost disgust, for having Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet, killed and taking King…

MYTH AND FAIRYTALE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF Abstract This paper entitled ‘psychoanalytic theory on Naga-Mandala’ regards as an analysis of psychological side of the play. The psychoanalytic theory is applicable on Naga-Mandala as Girish Karnad disseminates facts about human life and psyche of humans in ancient Indian stories with the changing social codes and morals of modern life. Girish Karnad’s plays are pertinent to the psychological problems, dilemmas, and conflicts defied by the modern Indian…