start neurotic symptom development freud found constellation factors literary reasons termed oedipus complex based play sophocles ''oedipus rex'' protagonist unwittingly kills father marries mother validity ''oedipus complex'' widely disputed rejected ref name miller alice pp miller alice ''thou shalt aware society 's betrayal child'' new york farrar straus giroux pp ref ref name kupfersmid joel kupfersmid joel ''does oedipus complex exist'' american psychological association ref shorthand term ''oedipal'' later explicated joseph j sandler
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