ENGL 2P80 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stephen Greenblatt, Oedipus Complex
19 Mar 2016
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Last lecture he raised a couple questions about freudian theory: little boys develop into men through the oedipal complex according to. Perhaps hamlet can tell us something about freud"s oedipus. Hamlet dramatizes the oedipal male as a result of societal constructs. Dramatizes oedipal male to be a political construct his argument. Looking at shakespeare"s sources of the play we can delve into the topic. Hamlet came from a medieval epic version in latin. A french retelling by belfort and saxo gramaticus. Focusing on the relationship between hamlet and the irst two sources. There are diferences between hamlet and two sources. In the french retelling, hamlet has a plan for revenge, sufering no mental qualms about it. These diferences can be attributes to shakespeare and his conventions of revenge tragedy"s but not all. The 2nd diference, hamlet inhabits a medieval world in the french retellings. Hamlet conformed to renaissance ideal of the educated prince.
