Oedipus is a story that I always enjoyed in school. Before
we read Antigone in school our teacher also gave us the option to read Oedipus
and being the reader I am, I happily read the story. It is a story that seems
to pop us all over the place. Recently I was talking to a friend about Freud
and he informed me that Freudian slips are common knowledge now, but people do
not know much else about Freud’s psychology. In high school I took Psychology
and learned a lot about Freud. I asked my friend if he knew the psychosexual
stages of development. He did not and I informed him of them. He thought I was
crazy and then I explained the Oedipus complex to him. It always intrigued me how
things are referenced in other fields. Naming to complex after the story of
Oedipus makes perfect since to me because they are very similar. I also find it
amazing when sciences reference the humanities. It is a great way to bring
everything together.
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