Sigmund Freud's Interpretation Of Dreams

Simultaneously, Hamlet lacks of time to mourn his loss, he needs time to work on his grief. There is an avalanche of events against him, which steal Hamlet’s ability to think clearly and drown in his own sadness and grief. All these involve conflict, as well noted by Freud (Rogers, Robert 165). Stressing loss can be critical for understanding Hamlet’s irrational anger, and his Oedipal features. There is no better exemplification of Oedipal symptoms than the ones Hamlet possess. In The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud observes how Hamlet is able to do anything, but to kill the man who took his father’s life and place, the man who stole his childhood wishes of being with his mother. (Bergmann, Martin 18). Some argue that Hamlet was just depressed and rabid towards Claudius for murdering his father, and towards Gertrude for her incestuous relationship with his late father’s brother, both, reasons enough for him to claim revenge. It is exposed how even though Freud had a vast intellect and moral sensibility he was not able to understand the dilemmas Hamlet had to overcome, accusing him of
In this we see how Hamlet situates himself in the drama, the female object produces him horror, which explain what Freud thinks about castration. Seeing her dead is not enough for the feeling of loss and consequent grief in Hamlet. He realizes that Ofelia is the object of his desire. He had earlier reduced Ophelia to the feminine dimension that the mother had incarnated for him during all this time. He is lowering the mother, but it is Ophelia to whom it is directed. That is why he rejected her as the object of his