Hamlet á la Freud

Sure, Mel Gibson's Hamlet might be a little cheesy. But let's try to sum this up. Hamlet's father is dead, but instead of Hamlet's mother going to Hamlet in her time of need, she decides to marry Hamlet's uncle. Freud would argue that it is a son's nature to want his mother sexually during the infant stage. The infant, however, comes to a realization that the mother will love the father, and the need is usually suppressed. Hamlet seems to revert back to this infantile stage after his father dies. Hamlet is upset that his mother would choose somebody who is not him to be her husband. Hamlet's mother, however, does not understand why Hamlet is in so upset. In reality, Hamlet is reacting completely normally to the situation (by Freud's standards). Hamlet idolized his father, yet desired his mother. When that balance that Hamlet established as a child became interrupted, Hamlet's subconscious desire for his mother is reignited, causing him to be incredibly jealous of his uncle, and to want his mother. Fast forward through all this theory, and Hamlet ends up kissing his mother (in Mel Gibson's Hamlet, not necessarily in Shakespeare's intended version).