Freud is well known for his theory on a mother and her son, or the Oedipus Complex. Huxley ties this theory into the relationship Linda has with her son. Aldous Huxley’s ability to grab the audience’s attention with his outrageous, yet shockingly true allegations of a fictitious world, created a vision of a futuristic lifestyle unthought-of prior to Brave New World. With the use of symbolism the audience is able to make a connection between the world they are accustomed to, and the frightful reality of the future. Huxley’s
Whereas, in the alternative article that discredits the book ‘Freakonomics’ and Levitt’s argument; written by Dinardo he places his view on ‘Freakonomics’ and states that it is more about Levitts’ personal beliefs and thoughts and less about facts. Levitt begins to prove his theory about names by providing an anecdote. While Levitt discusses the names people give their children and how it will have a affect in their lives later on, Levitt asks, “Was Temptress actually ‘living out her name,’ as judge Duggan saw it? Or would she have wound up in trouble even if her mother had called her Chastity… So does the name you give your child affect his fate? Or is it your life reflected in his name?
He expatriated from his home and went to Thebes. To express his patriotism for the country he freed Thebes from the turmoil of the Sphinx by solving the riddle. After defeating the Sphinx she offered her hand in marriage. He received many congratulations and become there king; and avoided being repatriated back to his home. Before he became king he killed Laius, a patrician and the previous king of Thebes.
Danae, the royal virgin princess was the mother of Perseus after Zeus had visited the virgin by disguising as a shower of gold. Another hero would be Heracles, he was birthed in similar circumstances to Perseus, and was taken away to a foster family far away. This was another element to a hero narrative. There is little explanation about Heracles, however he fights the beasts and claims a kingdom, another important factor to a narrative. Orestes and Brasidas, were birth in different circumstances compared to Perseus and Heracles.
In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Frankenstein and Blade Runner? The values and morals of society have dramatically changed throughout the course of history, so too has the knowledge of science, its teachings and influences on the world. As new technologies have been under further experimentation into the production of man-made life forms, the debate between science and religion has continued. It is these issues within an author’s context that influences them and the texts they create. Mary Shelley’s gothic promethean novel, Frankenstein (1818), was released during the industrial revolution as romanticism was thriving, while Ridley Scott’s futuristic sci-fi Blade runner (1992) grew with the dawning of a capitalistic increasingly globalised and technologically driven society.
One psychosocial explanation suggests that gender dysphoria is linked to some childhood trauma or maladaptive upbringing. Coates et al produced a case history of a boy who had developed GID. They proposed that the boy’s disorder was a defensive reaction to his mother’s depression following an abortion. The trauma happened when the boy was only 3, which is the age in which children are particularly sensitive to gender issues. Coates et al propose that the trauma led to a cross gender fantasy as a means of resolving the ensuing anxiety.
It is thought that these brain differences cause differences in the behaviour of males and females and could provide insight into the cause of gender dysphoria. The suggestion is that pre-natal hormones cause atypical brain development in the foetus and the child’s brain develops in a way that is not consistent with its genitalia and chromosomes. A strength of the brain sex theory is that it has supporting evidence, Kruijver (2000) carried out a post mortem analysis of
The highlight is that the ideal family type in a modern society, as the nuclear family, which comprises of a breadwinner husband and dependent wife and child(ren). Cognitive dissonance theory was first posited by Leon Festinger, (1956) in his book “When Prophecy Fails”. This theory proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance. They do this by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and actions due to the psychological discomfort that is caused by inconsistency among a person’s beliefs, attitudes and/or actions. Michener,M.
Three examples of his theories include, Oedipal Complex, the Trio (Id, ego, superego) and his theories on dreams that were discussed in his book, “The Interpretation of Dreams.” The Oedipal Complex is a child’s sexual interest in his or her opposite sex parent, typically resolved through identification with the same-sex parent. This theory goes on to claim that sons gain emotional and sexual attraction to their mother while also feeling anger towards their father (Feldman, 2011, G-6). When Freud published his theories, he “shocked the world by claiming that even infants had a sex drive and that, as in the Oedipus Complex, little boys became sexually fixated on their own mother, while viewing their fathers as hated sexual rivals to be defeated or killed off” (Sigmund Freud). Under Freud’s interpretation, dependency and rivalry became sex and violence (Kramer, 2006, p. 86). He concludes that it is the fate of all of us, perhaps to direct our first sexual impulse towards our mother, and our first hated and our first murderous wish against our father.
Oedipus Complex Disciplines > Psychoanalysis > Concepts > Oedipus Complex Description | Discussion | See also Description In the Oedipus complex, a boy is fixated on his mother and competes with his father for maternal attention. The opposite, the attraction of a girl to her father and rivalry with her mother, is sometimes called the Electra complex. Sexual awakening At some point, the child realizes that there is a difference between their mother and their father. Around the same time they realize that they are more alike to one than the other. Thus the child acquires gender.