Fruedian Principle

In Hamlet, we witness some sort of attraction that Hamlet has of his mother. At the beginning of the play, he already shows signs of his obsession with her. His father had died and instead of grieving about his death, he focuses all of his attention on his mother's new love Claudius. When Horatio first enters the scene Hamlet asks what brought him here, and Horatio responds that it was for Hamlet's father's funeral that he came. Hamlet then makes a comment that it is not his father's funeral but his mother's wedding that is the occasion. We can clearly see that Hamlet is more upset with his mother's wedding than the death of his father. I believe that it is actually the Fruedian principle that drove Hamlet into his revenge, but not for his father but for himself instead. I think the attraction he had towards his mother makes him more protective of her and he refuses to see Claudius with her because he wants her to himself. He secretly is jealous of Claudius for taking his mother's attention away from him. Also males are afraid of losing their masculinity to another male which is also seen in Hamlet with him and Claudius.