Chapter V, Section D: Typical Dreams
Freud argues that the Oedipus legend and Hamlet both express a universal childhood wish, reading Sophocles and Shakespeare as confirmations of unconscious fantasy.
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From The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud (trans. A. A. Brill)
Freud introduces what would become his most controversial concept: the child's erotic desire for the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with the same-sex parent.
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