... psyche, which is his unconscious mind. The understanding that Oedipus has unconscious knowledge of his crime is supported by the similarity between the play's narrative and structure and the psychoanalytical process laid down by Sigmund Freud. The play follows the template of the Freudian psychoanalytical process. Oedipus' unconscious essentially holds his troubling ... a major component that can be presented as the major cause of his tragic flaw. King Oedipus anger is not deliberate; it stems from the subconscious and his anger is exhibited through displacement. In the first instance, ...

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