Oedipus ComplexinNirmala
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This thesis shows thepresencesof Oedipus complex inNirmalaby Munsi
Premchand. Oedipus complexis operativein the relationship among the characters in
Nirmala. There is a family which is based on triangular relationshipafather, mother
and son. There is sexual attraction between mother and son and father has appeared as
an enemy between them who separates them tragically. The whole novel depicts the
antagonistic relation between the father and the son. It also portrays the repression of
sexual desires and its bad effects. The characters suffer from their innate
psychological problems. They have extreme sexual desires but they repress them
because of social fear. That repression has caused so many psychological disturbances
like anxiety, frustration, depression and mental disorder symptoms in the characters
which lead their lives towards death and destruction.