Oedipus complex theme
A character is notably seen to exhibit repressed sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and hatred for the same-sex parent, to some extent.
Notes
This should be distinguished from cases where a parent pursues a sexual relationship with their child.
Examples
In "Hamlet" (1602), until the revelations at the end, is seems plausible that Hamlet is indeed mad and has invented the poisoning because he (as Sigmund Freud held) hates his step-father being married to his mother, who Hamlet unconsciously desires sexually. The scene where he is wrestling with his mother in her bed is suggestive.
3 total · 1 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| play: Hamlet (1602) | major | Until the revelations at the end, is seems plausible that Hamlet is indeed mad and has invented the poisoning because he (as Sigmund Freud held) hates his step-father being married to his mother, who Hamlet unconsciously desires sexually. The scene where he is wrestling with his mother in her bed is suggestive. |
| movie: Hamlet (1948) | minor | Until the revelations at the end, is seems plausible that Hamlet is indeed mad and has invented the poisoning because he (as Sigmund Freud held) hates his step-father being married to his mother, who Hamlet unconsciously desires sexually. The scene where he is wrestling with his mother in her bed is suggestive. |
| pkded1x01 | minor | Honor read a man's mind to find out that he was attracted to his own mother and used to masturbate while watching her in the swimming pool. |