Freud and the Oedipus complex

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How convincing do you find Freud's description of the Oedipus' stage of development? The idea of infantile sexuality has always been central to Freud and very early he has started to work on a basic theory for the Oedipus complex: the desire for the parent of the other sex and hostility towards the other.The first name chosen is 'nuclear complex', then 'paternal complex'.It is only in 1910 that the term 'Oedipus complex' is first …

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…in which her Oedipus would resolve. It would leave her a in permanent form of disappointment and need for love. She risks to be a eternal 'hurt lover' or it would send her back to her first love for her mother. For the boy, the complex of castration leads him to the Oedipus complex and represent an issue, an end. On the opposite side, for the girl, the complex of castration is a starting point.