Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not successfully resolved, they contribute to neuroses in later life. Victor finds himself rejecting his obvious mate, Elizabeth, in pursuit of his deep seeded desire for his mother as his only partner in love and sexual pleasure; his father and Elizabet...

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He is also one of the foremost pioneers of detective fiction and is generally considered part of the American Romantic Movement especially Dark Romanticism. ... "Eros", whose name comes from the Greek god of love, is the principle of life; it binds together and is most clearly seen in love. ... And evil was the hour when she saw, and loved, and wedded the painter.... She immediately obeys out of love for her husband. ... It is written right before the death of his wife Virginia with whom Poe was deeply in love and she was dying month after their marriage because of consumption. ...

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