Who is the writer of 'Hamlet and Oedipus' (1949) ?
Correct answer: C. Ernest Jones
- A. Carl Jung
- B. Harold Bloom
- C. Ernest Jones
- D. Erik Erikson
Explanation
Ernest Jones wrote Hamlet and Oedipus in 1949, applying Freudian psychoanalysis to Shakespeare’s tragedy. The title refers to the proposed connection between Hamlet’s conflict and the Oedipus complex.
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