In the play, Oedipus unwittingly or unconsciously kills his father and marries his mother, becoming King of Thebes. Often regarded as the greatest of all Greek tragedies, Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” dates back at least to 400 BC. In this case, Freud tried to update and clarify what it meant as far as the inevitable father and son conflicts. Though less universally agreed upon nowadays in psychiatry and Freudian-oriented psychotherapy, certainly father and son family conflict is common. Stracqualursi V. Convicted US Capitol rioter’s son says he ‘absolutely’ agrees with father’s sentence.

Source: CNN August 04, 2022 13:35 UTC