In the first instance, Oedipus transferred the anger of his birth to a stranger he encountered where the three roads from Corinth to Thebes meet and Oedipus unknowingly kills the stranger who is his father. ... Oedipus turns to Jocasta the Queen and his wife, who is his mother and Creon's sister, to set things straight. ... She did not wish to see the old servant who was summoned, but Oedipus desires clarity regardless of the cost. ... Oedipus states explicitly that it was due to anger that he killed the man who had blocked his way at the crossroads; this man turns out to have been Oedip...

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One such myth that has undergone this change is that of King Oedipus, the youth who had slain his father and married to his mother. ... Oedipus itself is an interesting study of mythology. ... The evil character Scar bears much resemblance to Creon, Jocasta's brother who became ruler by default and brought destruction to Thebas. ... The audience fears him and fears for him, making Oedipus almost the archetypical hero. ... Superman also bears much resemblance to kings and warriors who go into battle for honour, values and love. ...

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Freud's supporters thought highly of his research, but he also had those who were against it. ... In The Oedipus Complex, a passage in the book The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud claims that psychoneurotics repress their Oedipal feelings as adults and those feelings surface in dreams, which results in neurosis (Jacobus 483). ... Of course there are those who do not and those people need psychological help. ... This gives Freud's Oedipus Complex no substance or relevance. ... Sigmund Freud, in his time, was a renowned psychoanalyst who periodically had a troubling cocaine pr...

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His creation of the Oedipus complex theory is central to this process and is used to explain the structure of the mental processes as well as the cause of mental disorders. ... Few people believe today that the oedipal complex has any real bearing on our lives, but the Oedipus complex is a fundamental period of childhood. ... These disorders with manifestations of anxiety are the consequences of an Oedipus complex who was disrupted. The Oedipus complex is essential and important in the development of the human. ... Whether disputed or revered, the Oedipus complex remains one of the most ta...

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Through a combination of events, in particular the loss of his father at the height of a still unsatisfactorily resolved oedipus complex, anxiety became overwhelming. ... I "found myself" being like parents who at some appropriate time say, "What you just did was okay when you were little. ... Sometimes analysts "find themselves" saying things unexpectedly "and who has not found better truths in slips of the tongue? ... Object relations theorists who claim to be able to throw the theories out have two choices. ...

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Jung, who followed Freud in most of his studies. ... I think all of us maybe wanted to grow up to marry our parents, or the one who takes care of us. ... This trauma did in fact lead tot he theory of the Oedipus Complex. The Oedipus Complex derived from Freud's own family and from a theory he researched before that, called the Seduction Theory. ... Upon abandoning the sexual theory, the Oedipus Complex evolved, and with this evolution, he used his own past experiences. ...

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The superego however is the inner parent, who is managed by the id. ... Another major part of psychoanalysis is the Oedipus complex. ... It can be said that the alien goes through the three stages of the Oedipus complex. ... Another interesting point to note is Ash, who is a robot yet his quarters has pornography all over the walls, He even tries to kill Ripley by shoving a rolled up pornographic magazine down her throat. ... An explosion occurs between the two structures (the Phalluses and the domes / breasts), symbolically this is fascinating as it destroys the line between masculine and...

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Do you think it is possible that your theory of Oedipus complex was so attractive to you because of the specific dynamics of your family, such as the young beautiful mother, aloof and hostile father, etc. ... I admit that the idea of Oedipus complex may not be universally applicable and need some revision, but in the big picture, early childhood experiences are still considered as playing a very important role in the development of human personality and sexuality. ... You see, I was primarily working with people who were severely mentally disturbed, and I felt that was dealing ...

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These questions have intrigued philosophers for centuries, but thankfully there were two individuals who understood human behavior. ... What is meant by that is depending on the way the child acts, parents who force their children to go to the toilet or force timing and cleanliness can cause great personality problems for their toddlers. ... At this stage of life one may tend to develop the Oedipus complex. ... On the same token when it comes to little girls and the Oedipus complex they tend to develop a special connection with their father. ...

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People who follow the idea of id (desire) and practice it, exemplifies how they like being in the wrong or damaging the society. ... For example, a liberal family would probably allow their children to do whatever they want, compared to a traditional family who authority is to control their children to do everything their way. ... However, this is no evidence connecting the people who are orderliness or sloppiness to a toilet training. ... In the phallic stage of early childhood Freud mentioned that the boy would have an intimate attachment to their mother, girls to their fathers, and this dev...

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I think that the concept of the Oedipus/Electra complex, in the phallic stage of Freud's Psychosexual Stages, is interesting. ... Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, whom were two psychologists who emphasized the growth potential of healthy people, mainly led the study of the humanistic perspective. ...

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Regarding these explanations it can also create an innate "Oedipus complex" in Poe himself later strengthened by the evidences in his writing as his portrayal of other women as evil and not having the ideality of his beloved mother. ...

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Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not successfully resolved, they contribute to neuroses in later life. ... Jacques Lacan was a French structuralist who focused on language and language-related issues. ...

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