A description is given of a small group of boys observed in a Nursery School, their difficulties in dealing with their instinctual needs, and the sublimatory activities by which they overcame these difficulties. Some theoretical questions arising from the concept of sublimation are briefly discussed, and illustrated from the descriptive material. Emphasis is placed on the potentialities for sublimation provided by group play as opposed to individual play, and on the fact that although the boys appeared to be in the process of resolving the Oedipus Complex in the positive manner, there was nevertheless a homosexual quality about their games.

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