Laertes And Ophelia Essay

The primary destruction of Laertes and Ophelia’s psychological success stems from their immense fixation on a degree of the Freudian complex: “the dysfunctional bond with a parent of the opposite sex that one does not outgrow in adulthood and that does not allow one to develop mature relationships with their peers” (Tyson 17). Thus, Laertes and Ophelia constantly suffer from being “driven, by desires, fears, needs, and conflicts of which they are unaware” and in this case, these issues come from the loss of direction and affection from their mother (Tyson 12). This piece of the general Oedipus fixation is more applicable to Laertes as his childhood distress comes from a significant member of the opposite sex in his life. Being separation from
As someone who lost his mother when he was very young, his high interest in his sister’s affairs is not surprising. Laertes could be trying his best to keep her away from harm, so that he would not have to lose her too. In another sense, Laertes is very bent on making sure that Ophelia brings honor to their family name- a responsibility, if even given to a woman during this time in the first place, -would typically be bestowed upon the mother, not a fifteen year old girl. In the absence of their mother, Laertes also projects and displaces his closeted necessity for a maternal representative. He projects his deepest psychological battles onto Ophelia by “ascribing his fear, problem, or guilty desire to someone else and then condemning her for it, in order to den that he will not have it himself” (Tyson 15). In the passage above, it is debatable whether Laertes comes from a place of love or of scorn; nonetheless, he judges and corrects Ophelia’s way of life in order for her to act the way that he wants, so that can he lock down reassurance from the closest person he can get to a mother. That way, Ophelia would never leave