e nurturing of his own mother. In the play itself it takes a long time for Oedipus to come to terms with what happened, it is as if he doesn't want to
             believe it. But, in the end he is finally face to face with the truth. His own mother kills herself when she learns her plan didn't work. She hangs herself and leaves Oedipus to deal with all the pain and suffering he has brought to himself by unknowingly fulfilling the prophecy. In the end, blinding himself with pins from Jocasta's dress punishes Oedipus. His punishment was also interpreted as a symbolic substitute for castration, another closely linked theory of Freud's that was based on dreams (F2).
             Now, to look at Freud's theory and have it applied to Shakespeare's Hamlet, you must first look at the close relationship present between Hamlet and his parents. It is eluded to that young Hamlet and his father were extremely close and loved each other dearly and young Hamlet was also very close with his mother. While young Hamlet is away at school, King Hamlet dies suddenly
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