Is there any basis for the Freudian interpretation of an Oedipal attraction between Hamlet and his mother? women characters Gertude and Ophelia

Certainly
this is a theme that has caused controversy; particularly since the concept of an Oedipus
Complex was not developed until hundreds of years after Shakespeare wrote this play. But the
plot of Oedipus and the psychological implications would very likely have
been known by Shakespeare. 's desire to avenge his mother's second marriage is in part prompted
by how quickly she remarried after his father's death, but also because she married her own
brother-in-law, an act that could be seen on some level as incest. The incest taboo is also
repeated in the speculated theme of 's attraction to his own mother. Some stage productions,
most notably the London production in 1989 starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Judi Dench, portray
this theme very prominently, with Day-Lewis (Hamlet) passionately kissing Dench (), leaving her
shocked and traumatized.