Hamlet's Oedipus Complex towards his mother linked with his profound feelings of melancholia are the direct roots of his other problems. What is the Oedipus complex and what is melancholia? To start, here is the definition of the Oedipus Complex. The Oedipus Complex is the positive libidinal feelings of a child toward the parent of the opposite sex and hostile or jealous feelings toward the parent of the same sex that may be a source of adult personality disorder when unresolved. ... His mother and father are dead; his former love Ophelia is dead, and everyone else who ever opposed him...

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Although they are often misguided, one can experience these feelings at a very young age, Freud believed in and coined the phrases "Oedipus complex" and "Electra complex". ... "Women's tendency to marry men who resemble their Dad, if he is loving then it adds to the increasing evidence that women may lean toward the familiar and the positive for long-term relationships or unconsciously decide that since Dad is a loving parent and husband than a man who looks like him will be too.... The preconceived image of the person we are meant to love stems from Plato, who sa...

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