... can be named as Oedipal conflict. According to Freud; mother is the first object of love. "Oedipus Complex" is the involvement of the mother as object of love in every way. "Oedipus Complex" term is derived from the myth of King Oedipus. Why is it called as "Oedipus Complex" (Freud ch. 21)? King Oedipus begins to aware of a curse which has fallen into Thebes. Creon ... father and slept with his biological mother. During his crossroads, he killed a man whose death is similar with the way of Laius death (Sophocles 2006). According to Freud, purpose of this myth is to burden against the go...

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