Looking for the Oedipus complex

When I came across this idea in class, the Oedipus complex I felt that I would look a little deeper into it. In the Oedipus complex a child is fixated on the parent of opposite sex and competes with the same sex parent for attention of the opposite sex parent. During childhood he/she starts to gain gender by realizing a difference between his/her parents and a similiarity to one and not the other therefore acquiring gender. Also, a possible erotic attachment to the opposite sex parent is common where a full on sexual act isn't implied but more of a deep primitive physical sensation felt when thinking about the opposite sex parent.
Along with this attraction comes along something I think everyone can relate to in one way or another, jealousy. If a deep desire like this is felt an obvious reaction to the other parent would probably take place and in this case it takes the form of jealousy. In this instance, lets take a boy for example, a critical point of awakening is where the child realizes that the mother has affections for others besides itself. This leads into a type of loosening of ties with the mother of vulnerability, dependence, and intimacy. The Oedipal move blocks the routes of sexual and identification love back to the mother. She becomes a separate object, removed from his ideal self. Thus she can be the subject of object love. This separation and externalization of love allows a transition away from narcissism of earlier stages. The boy thus returns to the mother as a separate individual. That separation may be emphasized with scorn and a sense of mastery over women. Women become separated reminders of lost and forbidden unity. Their unique attributes, from softness to general femininity are, in consequence, also lost and must be given up as a part of the distancing process. Women become thus both desired and feared. The symbolic phallus becomes a means of protection for the boy and the rituals of mastery used to cover up feelings of loss. Separation leads to unavailability and hence the scarcity principle takes effect, increasing desire. Women thus create a tension in boys between a lost paradise and dangerous sirens.
This complex is seen in so many fairy tales throughout the Tartar book, "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hansel and Gretel" all consciously or not show the child in this situation.