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Oedipal complex in Hamlet

- Hamlet has the desire to be king and to be married to Gertrude but are hidden from his subconscious

- His hatred towards Claudius could be explained through this complex as he wishes he had done everything that Claudius had done.

- "o'er hasty marriage" as Hamlet describes their marriage shows his anger for their marriage

Another Theory...

Besides the three structures of the mind, Freud also came up with the Oedipal Complex

What is the Oedipal Complex

- The complex of emotions aroused in a young child in which they have an unconscious desire for their mother/father

- According to this theory, Hamlet must of felt a strong desire for Gertrude and jealously and anger towards his father as he saw King Hamlet as a rival/competition

The new Id

- From the superego, Hamlet's new Id comes to life and his new intentions to finally kill Claudius and give justice for his father comes to play

- "How came he dead? I'll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! Vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand That both the worlds I give to negligence. Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged." (Hamlet, Act 4)

Ego

- The ego exists to keep the Id (unrealistic world) and the superego (outside real world) in check

- Hamlet's ego acts as his defense mechanism to convince himself that Claudius's crimes should be punishable by death

What are Sigmund Freud's Theories?

Freud developed many theories. One theory that applies to our novel Hamlet is his popular psychoanalytical theory in which he argues that personality is formed through three fundamental structures of the human mind. The Id, Ego, and Superego.

Superego

Quote from Hamlet

- The Ghost who appears to Hamlet to stop his desire for his mother represents Hamlet's superego

- The superego does the job to make Hamlet feel guilty of his Id

- The superego motivates Hamlet as he takes controls his new Id of wanting to kill Claudius to avenge his fathers murder

- "Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause. And can say nothing; no, not for a King, Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward?" (Hamlet, Act 2)

Id

Quote in Hamlet

- "O that this too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!" (Hamlet, Act 1)

- The Id is the most primitive of the three structures and is entirely unconscious

- The Id deals with one's desires without the care or knowing of the effects of the action

- Hamlet throughout the play has many desires such as wanting Gertrude for himself and contemplating suicide after his father's death

Hamlet through the Freudian Lens

Daniel, Moe and Ahmed

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