We all know the story of Oedipus from the Greek myths as they portray him as the one who married his mother. ... Why did Freud use Oedipus to describe this stage? ... Upon arriving at Thebes, Oedipus solves a riddle from the Sphinx who had been tormenting the town and causing chaos. ... Later down the road, Oedipus and Jocasta figured out what happened and Jocasta kills herself and Oedipus blinds himself (Powell, 462.) ... The main use of the name "Oedipus Complex" is due to the cultural prevalence and because most everyone knows the story of Oedipus (Dowden, 32). ...

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In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus tries his best to avoid his destiny that the oracle has foreseen for him. ... In every way Oedipus tries to avoid fulfilling the prophecy; in contrary, Freud's Oedipal complex tells the complete opposite. ... In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus never got to the point where he had any type of desires for his mother. ... From the time Jocasta and Laius abandoned Oedipus he was only three days old, not to mention the crossroads that have only three paths, or how Oedipus is a son, brother, and father all in one. The same can be said for Jocasta who was a bride, wife, and mother. ...

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Oedipus the King is written by Sophocles. ... Upon arriving in the town, he meets the Sphinx who kills people who cannot answer her riddle. ... After being no closer to the answer, Oedipus sends for Tiresias, who knows everything. ... For instance, Jocasta calms Oedipus by telling him of a dream she had that, "Many a man ere now in dreams hath lain with her who bare him. He hath least annoy who with such omens troubleth not his mind- (1372). ...

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With his mother of critical importance, Lawrence uses Freud's Oedipus complex, creating many analyses for critics. Alfred Booth Kuttner states the Oedipus complex as: "the struggle of a man to emancipate himself from his maternal allegiance and to transfer his affections to a woman who stands outside the family circle" (277). ... Paul's maternal relationship defines the Oedipus complex. ... Throughout the novel, Paul is seen as one who lives for his mother. ... Sons and Lovers was written with Lawrence almost defining the Oedipus complex through Paul. ...

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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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His mother was a very controlling and scheming woman who did not allow Norman to have any social life. ... To conclude, Norman was a serial killer who had psychotic behaviors, suffering from visual and auditory hallucinations that flew into murderous rages targeting women who aroused him. ... Norman went from having infantile sexuality to developing the Oedipus complex. The Oedipus complex is a term used by Freud that describes how during childhood a child desires to sleep with his mother and has feelings of killing his father. Norman was the ideal candidate for the Oedipus complex. ...

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If a woman who was denied the freedom, the status, and the pleasures that men enjoyed wished that she could have these things, she might wish herself a man and see herself with that one thing which made men unequally different , the penis(1905; Three Contributions to the Sexual Theory, 1910.) Freudian psychology, had its emphasis on sexual freedom for a man who was living in a repressive society, such as the Victorian culture in which he was living. Women on the other hand, were seen as having penis envy to males and would never amount to much, which was drastically different from th...

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An example of this is during the Oedipus complex of the Phallic Stage when a child's hostile thoughts about the same sex parent are held back. ... A chain example could be a man who had a bad day at work may come home and yell at his wife who in turn yells at her son who then kicks the dog. ...

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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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Electra complex is one of the main thing in this poem; it is similar to Oedipus complex which is defined the desire of one child has toward the parent of the opposite sex and rejection of the parent of the opposite sex. ... The line 75-79 in the poem says: "If I've killed one man, I've killed two, the vampire who said he was you, and drank my blood for a year, seven years if you want to know. ...

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