Is Freudian psychoanalysis relevant to understanding Sophocles' play, King Oidipous?
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Relevant to, but not necessary for.
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Hey read this here \nhttp://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/psy/psylect08.htm
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That actually depends.  If I remember correctly, the Rorschach is meant to tell the Doc about your unconscious.  Some people believe that there is an unconscious (the Id in Freudian terms), other people do not believe in the unconscious.  Psychoanalysis was "invented" by Freud, mainly based upon his Id, Ego, Superego theory(s).  Basically your Id is your primitive side which drives you, your Superego is where your morality lies, and your Ego gets the wonderful job of finding a middle ground for the two opposing sides.  With that being said, there is no scientific evidence that the unconscious even exists, because you cannot study something that you do not know about.  That is why most of Freud's theory's have been (for a lack of better words) thrown out of the Psychological world, because they cannot be tested, they cannot be proven or disproven, which goes against the scientific theory.  So, if you believe in the unconscious, the Id and all things like that, then the inkblots probably will help you.  If you don't believe in the unconscious, then nope...he/she is a quack.
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Freud called dreams "the royal road to the unconscious."  Or was that Jung?  Darn, I'm geting my patriarchs mixed up.\n\nAnyway, according to psychoanalytic theory, dreams are the way the unconscious communicates with the conscious mind, through symbolism.  Thus, interpreting dream symbolism is a way to learn about your deepest self.
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Look up Freud. He calls it "Thanatos", the opposite of "Eros".
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When I was 13 years old I experienced classical Greek "catharsis," in which you identify so completely with the character in the drama you can't tell the difference between yourself and that (tragic) character.\n\nIn the drama, the character learns a priceless lesson.  28 years later (!) I saw this dramas again at age 40 or 41 and realized that this experience had been a lifesaver for me.  The shock and gratitude were overwhelming.
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The play is "Oedipus Rex". It is the source for the condition of the same name, the Oedipus Complex. It focuses on jealousy of a father, (the king by his son in the play) and his romantic (sexual) love for his mother.
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James Earl Jones and the Psychotropic Disassociation.
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So what does all that have to do with your mom?  Oedipus complex is an erotic desire for one's mother.
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check out Jungian analysis
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There are physiological ones and there are psychological ones.\nI don't know much about the physiological kind but I have a good idea about the psychological kind.\nThink of a latin word, attach philia to the end and that's a paraphilia for whatever the Latin word is.
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This could be a little too difficult to spell out the whole history. Can I thus recommend you a book which I found very useful, which was actually a text I had to use during one of my honours degree modules.\n\nThe book is A History of Modern Psychology, by C. James Goodwin. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Adler had his whole theorem based on sociological cooperation.  This answer could only depend on the counseling context/subject matter.  Are you working with an Eros complex?  A Sociopathic viewpoint?  Socio-apathy?
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Jealousy is referred to as the "green-eyed monster" in a Shakespearean play.  I'm not sure which play it is right now, although I want to say it's Othello.  It might be a reference to Shakespeare.
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Each of the quotes has it's own particular merit. The first one describes Hamlet as having an Oedipus complex, an unnatural love and fixation for his mother, even at the expense of his father.\n\nThe second seems to put Hamlet's feelings as being caused by self pity and low self-esteem. both of which then affect his decisions but only in an adverse, or bad, way.\n\nThe third by Laurence Olivier, who was a great actor, possibly the best there has ever been, and who played Shakespearean roles hundreds of times, is my favourite. You'd think, therefore, that he would know. What he refers to here is the famous 'To be, or not to be' soliloquy where Hamlet is trying to decided whether or not to commit suicide and, as Olivier so succinctly puts it, 'a man who could not make up his mind'.
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I think Freud was really on something alright... just kidding.\n\nI really love my genitals.  I have an awesome vulva and kick a$$ breasts.  I'm super hot :-)
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Tragic in the sense of greek tragedy means the change of luck, the falling from grace, the overturns of life. In the beggining of the play, Kreon is a strong King, a good husband and father, fair, hasnt done anything wrong, his people respect him and his is uniting his city after the civil bloodshed that happened due to the dispute between the brothers of Antigone.\nBut as the play unfolds Kreon gets blinded and ignors the laws of gods and humans, not because he has something to profit, but because he is too stubborn to see the other side and unable to admit his mistake. He is beeing arrogant, inflexibel and cruel. He is fixated on the letter of the law and doesnt see the human side of things, although he COULD see it, if he would let go of his ego and listen. As a result, he loses his son, his wife and the respect of his people. He pays for his egoism and his disregard and ends up a devastated man.\nIn my opinion, Oidipus is the most tragic figure in greek tragedy, for he is punished for something he could not have easily forseen, and it is exactly this game of life that constitutes tragedy.