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Is it true all men are mamma's boys and jealous of their fathers for being with their mothers? Sigmund Freud, a noted psychologist, thought so. The theory based on a supposedly subliminal and a regular male craving to get in bed with his mother is called the Oedipus Complex.
Hamlet is an excellent example of this complex. Although Hamlet did not actually get in bed with his mother, he spoke of incestuous wishes. Well, where is the real harm in that? Hamlet states in his first soliloquy "Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown" (part 1, scene 2). He speaks of his mother hanging all over his father, which is a first sign of jealousy, any teenager can spot that. Now that his father is dead, there is only his uncle to stand in the way. His father is seeking revenge throughout the play, perhaps because Hamlet is relieved he is dead and no longer in his way. This is one symptom of the Oedipus Complex, that Hamlet would be jealous and......

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