The mother-son relationship has also been explored through psychoanalytic lenses, particularly in the context of Oedipal theory. Films like "The Conformist" (1970) and "The Piano" (1993) and literature like Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" and Philip Roth's "The Ghost Writer" feature mother-son relationships that are fraught with Oedipal tensions, desires, and conflicts. These works often portray the son's struggle for independence and identity as a battle against the mother's overbearing influence.
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