... bad note with his decision to leave it to another person to kill Oedipus. If Laius were to kill Oedipus himself, nothing would have happened. Another option for Laius would have been to imprison Oedipus and throw away the key, thereby keeping Oedipus alive and knowledgeable who his father is but harmless to do anything. Either ... knowing what the baby's fate was, gave him to King Polybus. This would later turn against Oedipus because of his ignorance of who his real parents are. Briefly mentioned and never seen, the most influential of Oedipus' father figures, Polybus could be seen as g...

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... . The ego is could be argues to be Ripley, as she takes orders from Mother, and tries to suppress the id or alien. Another major part of psychoanalysis is the Oedipus complex. This theory states that a child goes through 3 stages of development. The oral stage where the (predominantly) male child gains pleasure and gratification from breast feeding, the anal stage where ... , it will drop off" from this, the child could develop a fear a castration, usually by the father. It can be said that the alien goes through the three stages of the Oedipus complex. It is born blind, gains pleasure fr...

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