Oedipus Rex Complex

The Oedipus Complex was created by Freud, he states that the complex stems from the desire to kill ones father and sleep with the mother. This complex in found in young males, whom are  jealous toward their father; as if the two were in a competition for the mothers love and affection. This is merrily a stage in the child's psychosexual development. The complex was named after the character Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, who in fact does kill his father and marry his mother. This phase ends when the child identifies and bonds with the parent of the same sex, or when the young boy becomes frightened of his father when he realizes that he is stronger. Freud considered the development past the Oedipus stage "the most important social achievement" in the human mind. However, I do not believe that Oedipus fits into this complex because he was much older then his primary years, and had no idea that he had killed his father or married his mother. Therefore, I believe that calling the theory, The Oedipus Complex is fitting but not accurate.

"What Does Freud's Oedipal Complex Mean?" About.com Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. <http://psychology.about.com/od/oindex/g/def_oedipuscomp.htm>.