ABSTRACT
The Oedipus myth has made invaluable contributions to psychoanalysis. It has captured the emotional interactions that shape not only the emotional development of the individual, but also the way in which that person deals with this new reality in different relationships. Oedipus blinds himself, goes into exile, and his daughter, Antigone, guides him to Colonus, the place where he is going to die. S. Freud’s theory of the Oedipus complex deals with the exploration of the sexual development of the individual and his sexual identity, as well as furthering an understanding of the structural model of the mind. Freud assigned to castration anxieties the category of primal phantasies, which he considered the main contribution to the individual’s personality. When the individual establishes a marital relationship, these aspects are activated and result in either a healthier or a more pathological relationship.
