Any piece of literature could be looked at through freudian googles. In class we looked at Hamlet through these oedipus complex eyes and the result was rather intriguing.
Hamlet seeks revenge on his father's killer, his uncle, who married his mother. When looked at through Freudian specialized googles, we see that Hamlet sees yet another man in the way of him "being with" his mother.
We saw a scene of Mel Gibson and Glen Close as Hamlet and Hamlet's mommy as Hamlet is so sexually frustrated about this new man in his mommy's life that he pushes her on the bed and thrusts into her (with clothes on of course). The ghost of his father bursts in the room to provide the "naughty, naughty, don't do that Hamster" and the frustration ceases.
We also see other forms of phallic symbols in literature, "It that your sword, or are you just happy to see me?"
I guess Hamster really is a Shakespearean Oedipus, after all.
