According to Sigmund Freud, the Oedipus Complex is the child's desire to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex (ie. a daughter would desire sexual relations with her father, as a son would desire sexual relations with his mother.) Freud believes that it occurs in the 3-6 age period during the phallic stage. The phallic stage is a very important stage and is responsible for developing sexual identities (McLeod, 2008).
There are 5 stages of Freud's Psychosexual Development:
-Oral Stage (0-1), Anal Stage (1-3), Phallic Stage (3-5); this stage is broken up in two parts Oedipus and Electra Complex, the Electra complex is the female version of the Oedipus Complex, Latency (5-6), Genital (Puberty-Adult) (McLeod, 2008).
Facts:
-The song "The End" by the doors has a verse in it that talks about a son wanting to kill his father and have sex with his mother (Dolloff, 2006).
-In Star Wars return of the Jedi, Yoda tells Luke Skywalker to face Darth Vater (his father) to realize Jedi, and because Luke's mother died early on in his development, he did not enter the phallic stage with her therefore he had a deviant form of the Oedipus Complex and focused his desires on his other family member Leia (Dolloff, 2006).
-Freud claimed that this psychological condition is universal (Dolloff, 2006).
-The Electra Complex originated from the Greek myth of a girl named Electra who sought to avenge the death of her father Agamemnon (Dolloff,2006).
- In the Greek play of Oedipus, there was prophecy that was set out to destroy Oedipus (Dolloff, 2006).
There are 5 stages of Freud's Psychosexual Development:
-Oral Stage (0-1), Anal Stage (1-3), Phallic Stage (3-5); this stage is broken up in two parts Oedipus and Electra Complex, the Electra complex is the female version of the Oedipus Complex, Latency (5-6), Genital (Puberty-Adult) (McLeod, 2008).
Facts:
-The song "The End" by the doors has a verse in it that talks about a son wanting to kill his father and have sex with his mother (Dolloff, 2006).
-In Star Wars return of the Jedi, Yoda tells Luke Skywalker to face Darth Vater (his father) to realize Jedi, and because Luke's mother died early on in his development, he did not enter the phallic stage with her therefore he had a deviant form of the Oedipus Complex and focused his desires on his other family member Leia (Dolloff, 2006).
-Freud claimed that this psychological condition is universal (Dolloff, 2006).
-The Electra Complex originated from the Greek myth of a girl named Electra who sought to avenge the death of her father Agamemnon (Dolloff,2006).
- In the Greek play of Oedipus, there was prophecy that was set out to destroy Oedipus (Dolloff, 2006).