According to Jungian analysis, Oedipus (in Oedipus Rex) enacts the male child's struggle to escape "the Terrible Mother" and find his own male identity.

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Jungian analysis views the Oedipus complex as a male child's psychological struggle to free himself from the overpowering influence of the mother and establish his own individual male identity. This struggle is represented in the character of Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex."

According to Jungian Analysis, Oedipus (In Oedipus Rex) Enacts the Male