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Laius, a character from the story Oedipus the King, and The Wicked Queen, a character from the story “Little Snow-White,” both share the same fear that their one and only child would take over their lives when they grow up. This conspiracy of theirs relates to the oedipal conflict theory, that a boy would kill or try to get rid of his own father in order to be with his mother. That is what Laius …

…because children want to be closer to the parent from the opposite sex than the one from the same sex. It is a theory, which can be true in some cases like these stories. The two characters have much in common, yet they are separated by their differences too. This is proof that the oedipal theory is true, and that many problems do occur between parents and their children from the same sex. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**