Mamma's Boy- Analysis # 3

I am not sure if I believe Freud’s theory. I have always been intrigued by Freud and was excited to learn a little bit more about his ideas.  Freud believes that we are aware of our motivations. I don’t know if people are insightful enough to know that the reason they hate their dad is because they want to sleep with their mom. I think there is some definite truth to the power of male/female relationship in any variety.  Yet I do not think that some of Freud’s theories can be the definitive answer for every mother/son scenario.

           

Learning about Freud in class this week, and watching the clip from Hamlet I realized that many entertainment outlets have Freudian ideas, specifically the Oedipus Complex. Psycho is the first movie that comes to mind. Though it differs a little from the Oedipus Complex, there is no denying that Norman Bates does what he does to win his dead mothers affection. Bates kills his mom’s boyfriend, and many other people that he feels get in the way of him and his dead mom.  Bate does not function in the normal society because of his repressed feelings for his mother. 

One of the things we discussed in class that I think makes sense is Fetishization, the idea that people use fetishes as a replacement for something else. In the theory of Freud, it would be fear of castration.  Most people are trying to hide some sort of pain or memory. Freud is simply saying that in order to do so you must replace that pain or memory with something else. This idea reminds me of a movie called Secretary in which the lead female cuts herself.  After not being satisfied through cutting, she finds someone that will give her pain through spanking and dominatrix. Through this action she is able to heal her pain...through pain.



Works Cited


"Secretary." YouTube. Web. 20 March 2011.