ABSTRACT
55Freud was the master of his own interpretative method; his geniality can be seen in his invention of a method of thinking about bodies that used a tragedy to explain human suffering. He invented a new form of understanding origins where the modern subject was a hero of a tragedy. Freud understood humans to be actors in a multi-generational story while unaware of their role in it. He meticulously sought out examples of the expression of the unconscious in the Western culture of his time. The Oedipal Complex is Freud’s reading of the myth of Oedipus as an unconscious element that dominates human life. To Freud, this myth is a tragedy that represents the unconscious life acting over who we imagine ourselves to be; that which exceeds the limits of our consciousness and sometimes acts out.
