Part one of term paper
Oedipus The King, through the Eyes of Freud Both Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents discuss the deeply rooted innate conflicts of mankind and the approach in which he may or may not overcome them. In Sophocles’ work, the internal conflicts are revealed as Oedipus develops a sense of gui ...

Part two of term paper
... instinct for happiness in terms of the libidinal drive, Eros. On discussing mankind's libidinal drive, Freud considers the pleasure principle, a notion that all people act in ways to increase personal enjoyment and happiness. “As we see, what decides the purpose of life is simply the program of the pleasure principle. This principle dominates the operation of the mental apparatus from the start.” (Freud, 25) According to Freud, happiness can only be reached by total instinctual g ...