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My Oedipus ComplexIt doesn't explicitly say so anywhere in the story. Nevertheless, it's pretty safe to assume that it's set in Ireland. The author, Frank O'Connor, was Irish, and the story contains a fair number of...
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My Oedipus ComplexThis is a somewhat complicated question. It is narrated from the point of view of an adult man, but he is remembering his thoughts and feelings from when he was a young boy. He expresses the...
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My Oedipus ComplexDramatic irony occurs when the reader knows or understands something about the events that are unfolding that the characters do not. This can often be tragic, such as in Shakespeare's Romeo and...
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My Oedipus ComplexBefore his father comes home from the war, Larry sees himself as the man of the house, and he and his mother as a pair. She is the center of his universe, and he believes that he is the center of...
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My Oedipus ComplexAt the beginning of the story, Larry explains that he did not see his father very much during the war. "Like Santa Claus he came and went mysteriously," he says, likening his father's visits to...
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My Oedipus ComplexTo write a literary analysis of short stories, you want to first read the short stories over for content. Especially look for any themes. A theme is a main idea that appears repeatedly throughout...
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My Oedipus ComplexThe situational irony in Oedipus Rex is in the fact that Oedipus runs away from home to prevent the prophecy from coming to past. Oedipus feels he is doing the right thing by running away from...
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My Oedipus ComplexGiven the fact that O'Connor's "My Oedipus Complex" depicts one of the Psycho-Sexual Stages of Development, the Phallic stage, one can see where the title and the story emerge from. Larry, the only...
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My Oedipus ComplexThe story is a humorous story told from the point of view of a young boy Larry who finds he must compete for his mother's attention when his father comes home from war after being away awhile....
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My Oedipus ComplexWorld War 1
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My Oedipus ComplexAlthough the story is told through a child's eyes, it contains the universal theme that eventually every boy must learn to be separated from his mother. Usually, the person responsible for the...
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My Oedipus ComplexYou can find what you need right here at eNotes. I've pasted a link to the Masterplots article on this story, which is a part of the "My Oedipus Complex" group. In that article, you will find a...
