Collegiate Dictionary‚ the phrase "Oedipus complex" is defined as: "the positive libidinal feelings that a child develops toward the parent of the opposite sex and that when unresolved are conceived as a source of adult personality disorder." The title of this story is said to have received its name based on two things - primarily on the Greek Oedipus‚ who was a renowned character in Greek mythology. Secondly‚ it is based on the bizarre and interesting theory of Oedipus complex established by psychoanalyst
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friendships‚ and even business opportunities. Jealousy is an extremely prominent element in most of Frank O’Connor’s writings and is often shown through different literary concepts such as conflict‚ characterization‚ and obsessive love. In writing “My Oedipus Complex”‚ O’Connor investigates the issue of jealousy through the various actions of his characters and the conflicts they get themselves tangled in‚ more importantly the ones involving their childlike obsessive love. To fully understand O’Connor’s
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"My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O’Connor "My Oedipus Complex" is a story about a young boy of 5‚ Larry‚ who grows up in his own safe world with just himself and his mother. He is attached to his mother and wants her to belong only to him and considers his father a rival for her attention. However‚ when his father returns from WWI‚ a man whom Larry hardly knows‚ it is a constant battle between the two for the mother’s love and attention. Larry is jealous of losing his mother’s undivided attention‚
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Point Of View of “My Oedipus Complex” by Frank O’Conner In My Oedipus Complex story‚ the point of view is from Larry’s side. This story began when Larry’s father is away fighting in the war‚ and Larry develops a misunderstood attraction toward his mother‚ a situation which becomes complicated by his father’s return home and the parents’ decision to have another child. If we see from Larry’s side‚ it will always talk about Larry’s feeling‚ the jealousness to his father and how to get mother’s
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Frank O’Connor’s literary piece‚ ’My Oedipus Complex’ portrays childhood in a subverted ight. He is exploring exaggerated aspects of mother-child relationships as a reflection upon human nature. Themes and ideas present within the story are of possession‚ in the protagonist’s view of his mother‚ and of jealousy. This short story shows the faults and dangers of human nature. Possession is a motif that permeates the text. Through a first person narration‚ the reader is able to have an insight into
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Oedipus Complex in Hamlet In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s personality can be explained by the Oedipus Complex. Throughout the play there are many times where he proves that he has Oedipus Complex. Oedipus Complex was not around at the time that that Hamlet was written. It just shows that Shakespeare saw the same personality complex’ as Freud. Freud first named the Oedipus Complex Theory in his book ‚ An Interpretation of Dreams‚ in 1899. Freud states "The child takes both of its parents‚
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The most common theory for the actions of Oedipus in his story is the Oedipus complex‚ theorized by Freud. In the story Oedipus‚ it was his fate to marry his mother and have children with her‚ and kill his father. The Oedipus complex says that this must happen at a young age. However‚ this complex doesn’t apply to Oedipus‚ because of the different circumstances in which these actions occurred. Freud’s theory on the Oedipus complex is that it is the childhood desire to sleep with the mother and kill
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"Listen to me. You mock my blindness‚ do you?/ But I say that you‚ with both your eyes‚ are blind" (I‚ 195-196). With these memorable words‚ the sightless prophet Teiresias all but paints the entire tragic story of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ one of the most prominent pieces of Greek literary heritage. Greeks knew and loved the story of Oedipus from childhood‚ just as children today cherish the story of Cinderella. In his version of the beloved tale‚ Sophocles concentrates his attention on the
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classic Oedipus Complex‚ that of a son with an undue and unhealthy attachment to his mother. D.H Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers‚ along with other early modernist works‚ shows how a son’s bond to his mother can lead to that character’s major downfall. Even earlier than works of the late 19th Century does the Oedipus Complex appear‚ in this case‚ William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Shakespeare’s play about the Prince of Denmark shows the beginning of an Oedipal Complex‚ with Hamlet’s
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the hand of the current King‚ Claudius‚ who is also his late father’s brother. There seem to be many possible reasons for Hamlet’s delay in doing so. However‚ the one theory that answers all the questions is that Hamlet was possessed by his own Oedipus Complex ‚ that is‚ he was deeply in love with his own mother‚ Gertrude. This can be seen throughout the play in several ways. Hamlet was understandably upset over his father’s death‚ but he was much less angry about the loss than he was disgusted with
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