Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Freud's theory in Hamlet

Ernest Jones did a great job in breaking down the mystery of Hamlet. He believed that Hamlet was slow ro avenge his fathers death because of his own desire for his mother, this is called the Oedipus complex. Jones believes that Hamlet secret desire for his mother made him reactr slow and hesitant. The Oedipus complex which was created Freud suggestes that boys have a desire for their mothers just like girls have desire for their fathers. The child also secretly wish that the other parent was not around so that they could have favorite parent to themselves, not in a sexual way but for attention. Therefore Hamlet was so to react to his fathers death and his uncle marrying his mother because now his father is out the picture. All of this is true but in my opinion if Hamlet suffered from the Oedipus Complex then he would got rid of Claudius right away because Claudius has taken he spot for his mother affection and time. I liked the explanation and it made a lot of sense but it didn't quite add all up, there had to be more to why Hamlet was so slow to revenge his fathers death. Maybe he was scared of what his mother waould thought of him or maybe he wanted someone better for mom.

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