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The Struggle Between God and Man: Eros vs. Thanatos in the Oedipal Conflict The story of Adam and Eve and the creation has proven itself worthy of being dissected and shredded into its core themes of thanatos, eros, within the Oedipal conflict. The themes in the story are very easy to relate to as we closely observe two human beings that share our same tendencies and desires to defy and liberate. This account of our first fathers gives a great amount of insight where our tendencies of defiance originated. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust thus making him a thanatos creature. I believe both theologians and psychoanalysts would agree that the example of being created from dust would create a line defining us as Thanatos and God, the law giver, as Eros. As the story progresses in this light there are events that stand as a testimony of the struggle between God and the natural man, father and son, or thanatos and eros. The struggle between these two key players are harnessed by the Oedipal conflict. Knowing this bit of information makes the story of Adam and Eve have a bit of an psychoanalytic glow. In the beginning of Adam and Eve’s account of their creation God created Adam using the lowest element o