Having sexual thoughts about ones mother is the ultimate taboo. An Oedipus complex, as this is called, is the most widely known theories of the most controversial figure in psychology: Sigmund Freud.

FOLLOWING the fashion in movies and books, Sir Laurence Olivier has acted and directed a Hamlet with a simplified Freudian interpretation. The mad Ophelia makes caressing motions over a phallic ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...