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‘For the boy the serpent stands Oedipally for the desire for the mother.’
‘The strong-willed novelist struggles to balance the needs of her frail and temperamental lover against those of her high-spirited daughter and her Oedipally challenged son, who hates him for it.’
‘The Rat Man's guilt, arising from these oedipally murderous feelings, led him to deflect his hostility onto himself in the form of suicidal thoughts.’
‘The Oedipally challenged young writer struggling to find his way artistically and romantically, seems a good decade older than usual’
‘The Oedipally jealous son confronts his vain, self-deluding mother.’