... remains fruitless until she meets Rochester. He is a man twenty years her senior whom gives her the attention she has long desired. Jane's passion for Rochester is a result of the Oedipus complex she failed to overcome as a child due to the absence of a father figure. Jane's first impression of Rochester is neither romantic nor sentimental. He is the first male figure ... with Rochester and he reminds her "he is old enough to be her father" she begins to grow an infatuation for him. This infatuation turns into jealously such as the Oedipus complex suggests will happen when the child bec...

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... of "intimate"" suggests more than just motherly love, however this would only have been interpreted as such by a more modern audience. A contemporary audience may have picked up on this as Freud's theory was only developed three years prior to Sons and Lovers. This presentation of incestuous love is slightly different in Hamlet, he does not have the hatred for his father ... to kill Claudius which is conveyed by Shakespeare soliloquies. It is something he has to do, wants to do, but something he can't do. This could be because of his "Oedipus Complex," Hamlet has feelings of guilt and r...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate