Essays on Oedipus Complex

Sigmund Freud was so thoroughly inspired and intrigued by this play that he came up with the “Oedipus Complex.” This complex was part of his psychoanalytic theory, which in basis is the desire or possessiveness of the parent of the opposite sex and the rivalry…

Sigmund Freud’s theory and his ideas provided interesting ways of thinking about human feelings and conduct. There are two theories very well known by Freud. One of them is the Oedipus Complex, defined as the liking and desire to sleep (physical relationship) with a mother…

The Electra complex is the female counterpart of the more widely known Oedipus complex. The concept introduced by psychoanalysts has acquired a fairly large number of myths and stereotypes. In this article, we will try to figure out what is this complex, and how to…

Introduction Sigmund Freud was father of psychoanalysis who was first person to study unconscious mind shaping one’s personality. Our unconscious mind works like a store house to repressed feelings which is responsible for conflicts e.g., anxiety, neurosis, hysteria etc., during later stages. According to Freud’s…

It goes without saying that Sigmund Freud remains influential in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. He is the founding father of psychoanalysis and gave the world a critical understanding of how an individual’s childhood has an enormous influence on their adult life that in…