O most pernicious woman! Hamlet has been accused of having an Oedipus complex since Sigmund Freud first introduced the concept. Childhood sexual frustration aside, Hamlet's love for his mother is one of the driving forces of the play. Gertrude's incest is constantly commented on by Hamlet. Through...

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As Sigmund Freud has stated, its greatness rivals that of Oedipus Rex and The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky as it is a moral story about patricide, while also acting as a psychological understanding of humanity. ...

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