After the reading of the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, one may concluded that Hamlet is not an Oedipal character. According to the story of Oedipus, his father, Laius, learned from a prophet that Oedipus would kill him. Upon this revelation, Laius left his son to die on a mountain, where Oedipus was found and raised by the King of Corinth. Believing that the King of Corinth was his real father, Oedipus fled Corinth after he had learned from an oracle that he would someday kill his real father. On Oedipus's journey, he passes Laius (his real father) on the road, they argu
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