This view has to some extent supplanted its predecessor, Freudian Oedipal theory. Classic Medusa, in contrast, is an Oedipal/libidinous symptom. Sanyal diagnoses the hero, Basanta Choudhury, as having an unresolved Oedipal dilemma. Those who fall outside the Oedipal triad of mother/father/child are less subject to male authority. After a somewhat Oedipal moment between them, she eventually stabs Luca to avenge her sons. According to Hawkins, Acker is motivated by two discourses&colon; the oedipal and the imperial (642). Hence, the "Oedipal complex" came into fruition. Only much later did he claim the same findings as evidence for Oedipal desires. If these tasks are not performed properly, developments in the Oedipal stage will be unstable.