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Oedipus Complex

When one commence in dialogue about the Freudian perspective, Oedipus Complex, I become befuddled in complete satire. Personally, I deem the perspective as an absolute mockery of parenting and reality. After all, such ideas can not relate to individuals who have never met or seen their father or mother. Hence, I have to agree with Douglas Sirk, a German Director, he states, “The Freudians don't like this, but in reality Oedipus is a detective story, a mystery, nothing other than that. “ Thereto, as one may surmise this picture is a fine exemplar of Sirk’s proclamations and my personal beliefs. The Freudians believe that the established based model in a male child’s “psychological coming-of-age” is to first choose the mother as the article of “libidinal investment.” Yet, such ideas are anticipated to provoke the father's rage, and the infant assumes that the most plausible deduction of this would be castration. Thus, I ask: Does one notice such Freudian concepts from this picture. Undeniably, I proclaim that it is impossible to detect such proclamations of tomfoolery not merely because this photo is a horrible image of the aforementioned concept, but yet merely due to the Oedipus complex’s mystifications and its distant connection with modern and post-modern reality.

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Uploaded on February 24, 2008
Taken on February 24, 2008