desire of the mother, n.Definitions

The Desire of the mother (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a huge crocodile in whose jaws you sit — one never knows what might come over her and make her shut her trap.

The Desire of the mother (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the founding desire of the whole structure — and, in Antigone's line, a criminal one; at the origin of tragedy lies Hamlet's impasse, only more radical.