From where has the term Oedipus Complex originated ?
Correct answer: A. Oedipus the Rex
- A. Oedipus the Rex
- B. Oedipus at Colonus
- C. Antigone
- D. Jocasta, the Queen of Thebes
Explanation
Freud named the Oedipus complex after Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus Rex, in which Oedipus unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother. The other listed works do not provide the source of the term.
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