... are Elizabeth, his intended wife, and Caroline, who is his now deceased mother. The presence of Victor's love object and his mother ensure the existence of sexual feelings in the dream. The way in which Victor describes embracing and kissing Elizabeth implies that he has sexual desire for her. He may also have a genuine sense of love for her, but this aspect is not as ... his father is because he never resolved the feelings of rivalry that come from the complex. The rivalry may have continued because of the way in which Victor viewed the connection between Elizabeth and his mother. The ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... ideas state that a child has been pampered all of his life and feels he suddenly might be booted out of the family circle. The mother has done the sole pampering in the family so that is where the child sexual desires go to. Kissing and feeling the mother is explained more in Alder's ideas (Mullahy 126). This can also apply to Hamlet, since he may feel his ... he was to hold his tongue on what he says or he will be viewed as a fool. As we see him at the beginning of the play, he is suffering from melancholy, not only from the death of his father, but also from the shock of the sudden di...

• Word Count: 1901
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... are Elizabeth, his intended wife, and Caroline, who is his now deceased mother. The presence of Victor's love object and his mother ensure the existence of sexual feelings in the dream. The way in which Victor describes embracing and kissing Elizabeth implies that he has sexual desire for her. He may also have a genuine sense of love for her, but this aspect is not as ... his father is because he never resolved the feelings of rivalry that come from the complex. The rivalry may have continued because of the way in which Victor viewed the connection between Elizabeth and his mother. The ...

• Word Count: 1342
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School