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Definition Of The Oedipus Complex
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The positive libidinal feelings of a child to 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. It is a pattern of
profound emotional ambivalence, a troublesome mixture of love and h ....
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....yth about a Greek hero named
Oedipus, written by Sophocles. Oedipus was the son of Laius and Jocasta who in
the fulfillment of an oracle unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother.
When Oedipus and Jocasta realize what has happened, Jocasta hangs herself and
he rips the golden brooches from his dead mothers gown and plunges them deep
into his eyes. Now blinded, he finally sees the truth and banishes himself to a
distant land. The fact that Oedipus kills his father and sleeps with his.... |
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