How the Oedipal Pattern manifest itself in the following works?

Oedipus complex is a term that was put forward by the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud who named it so after the Greek mythical character Oedipus . In the Greek tragedy written by Sophocles , Oedipus unwittingly kills his father , Laius , and marries his mother , Jocasta . According to Freud a child is sexually attracted to the parent of the opposite sex and harbors hostility and rivalry towards the parent of the same sex The complex appears between the ages of three and five , a period when the psycho-sexual development of personality takes place . To resolve the

Oedipus complex the child identifies with the parent of the same sex and renounces sexual interest in the parent of the opposite sex . Freud believed the complex to be the mainstay of the superego and the core of all human relationships . Psychologists acknowledge the significance of Freud 's theory in the development of personality but are all quick to point out that hatred of one parent is not necessarily linked to sexual rivalry but the resentment of parental authority ( Colombia Encyclopedia , 2008

Psychoanalysts do not consider the complex to be pathology . Carl Jang another noted scholar , believed that Oedipus complex referred to the experience of male children only and therefore came up with a term that would be used to refer to the experience of the female children . He called it Electra complex

Apart from the myth of Oedipus , the complex can be observed in other works of literature including religious texts . Oedipus pattern does not need to...