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How is the oedipal complex resolved when there is no father around?
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The "Oedipal Complex", like every other thing that Sigmund Freud came up with, is totally without basis, and his been discarded for a long time now as a real psychological disorder. Freud came up with his ideas that are now obviously based on his uncomfortable relationship with his father. Had Freud been a real scientist, he would have found that mothers are much more involved with their offsprings' psychological disorders (on average) than the fathers are.
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How is the Oedipal complex resolved?
The Oedipal complex is resolved with the influence of the father over the adolescent boy's development. The complex is linked with what are seen as normal stages in human development. The Oedipal complex recognizes the role of the mother, as the giver of life, in the early development of male children. But that influential role diminishes as the boy grows older and needs to learn how to be a husband and father from his own father.
How does Oedipus show an Oedipal complex in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That Oedipus albeit unknowingly is attracted to his own mother is the example of the Oedipal complex in the play "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Oedipal complex gets its name from the story of Theban King Oedipus. It refers to a boy desiring his mother and hating his father. It is possible to outgrow the experience and move into mature, healthy, non-incestuous relationships. But it is not healthy to become stuck in the experience, as Oedipus does when he turns his fantasy into reality by killing his father, Theban King Laius, and marrying his mother, Theban Queen Jocasta.
What is oedipal complex according to Sigmund Freud?
To explain the reason why he had been sexually attracted to his own mother, and envious of his own father.
What are the themes in 'My Oedipus Complex'?
Some themes in "My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O'Connor include childhood innocence, competition for parental attention, and the complexities of family relationships. The story explores the Oedipal complex through the perspective of a young boy navigating his feelings towards his father and his mother.
What is a father complex?
The answer will depend on whether it's a negative father complex, or a positive father complex. A person with a negative father complex will be fearful and distrustful towards stereotypical father figures. A person with a positive father complex will seek out and admire stereotypical father figures. A father complex (positive or negative) is probably brought on by an under-involved father during childhood - your mind believes it missed out on having a father during childhood so it seeks an ideal replacement in later life.
Freud's interpretation of Oedipus.?
Freud described Oedipus complex as an aspect of gender development in boys. The boy is said to lust after his mother, and thus see his father as a rival. He fears his father finding out and cutting off his penis. This is resolved by him identifying with his father and so becoming more able to find a mate. All these thought processes are said to be subconscious.
What is the Electra complex?
refers to a daughter's relationship with her father
How does the Oedipus complex play out in females choosing the bad boys in relationships?
Usually when a female chooses bad boys the factors involved are not only connected with the Oedipus complex. Anyway the female Oedipus complex is called Electra complex and it is connected with an attempt to fall in love for the father in order to bring him away from the mother. Anyway these things are not that simple. In my experience the so called pre-Oedipal stages ( the stages before the Oedipal complex ) influence this much, much more. Usually there are factors involved which came into play even before Oedipus for example connected with the chest of the mother or the behavior of the father or with the absence of the mother or an excessive authoritarian presence of her mother. For example one common factor is a conflict with a too authoritarian mother. A typical trait of the females who get involved with bad boys is that they had an authoritarian mother who did not give them space and love enough. For this reason when the bad boy comes the girl is not able to recognize him as such. She feels she can be free with him and feel all the forbidden emotions she was not allowed herself to feel for the authoritarian behavior of the mother. On the converse another group of girls are the ones who grew up in borderline families where the mother was without borders, asocial and totally spoiled herself. For this reason the girl is used to guys who are spoiled and borderline and is unable to recognize the bad boy for such. The absence of father or the presence of an abusive father also play a very important role. If a safe male figure is absent from her childhood or there is an abusive male figure she may be very prone to fall for the bad boy.
The name given to someone in love with their own mother I don't mean pervert I mean the name that comes I think from the Greek gods?
Oedipus, according to Sophocles' plays, is raised as an orphan in a remote countryside. When he returns to Thebes, the city where he was born, he unknowingly kills his father, the king of Thebes, and marries his mother.Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) borrowed from ancient literature when describing what he called the Oedipal complex, where males desire their mother while attempting to replace their father. The thus described complex is a bit discredited in modern psychology, seeing as Freud was mostly a very crazy guy who loved to do Cocaine, but this theory in particular seems to have the ring of truth to it.
What is the Setting of 'My Oedipus Complex'?
It shows how a kid can be jealous of his father.
My father bought some flowers?
for my mother. (complex sentence)
What do you call the marriage of a man to his mother after his father has died?
Oedipus Complex
