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The author suggests that Melanie Klein has had an unfortunately oppressive influence on some analysts. He emphasizes the desexualization of affect in her theory and the cult of aggression in her thinking. He compares this to Orwell's fantasied totalitarian state in 1984, suggesting that Klein has functioned for these analysts as "Big Mother." To illustrate his views on Klein and her theory he develops an extensive critique of her analysis of the Oresteia and suggests that Klein analyzed herself through her analysis of the trilogy.