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Freud's Theory of Development – the Oedipus Complex
Oedipus complex is one of the stages in Sigmund Freud's theory of sexual development. Freud's theory actually describes four stages of development: oral, anal, phallic, and the Oedipus complex. All of these stages are necessary for proper development of the child. The Oedipus complex is one of the most interesting though because of its description of the family structure.
The first three stages of sexual development make up the foundation for the last phase, the Oedipus complex. The child is born with what is called polymorphous perversity, where every event that it experiences is sexual. This polymorphous perversity begins with the first stage: oral. During this phase the child senses a sexual experience while feeding from the mother's breast. At this point the child develops an object-cathexis which is later intensified during the Oedipus complex stage. Then as the child gets a little older it enters the next stage, which is......

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