Ernest Jones' essay explains how Hamlet's phsycological state is a connection between his mind and thoughts when he was an infant, and the ones he has as an adult. His unconsciousness (or "id" as it was later named by Sigmund Freud) stores emotions and desires that Hamlet developed during his childhood. These reserved feelings are what drive Hamlet's insanity and act upon his head without him being aware of them.
The abhorrence he feels towards his uncle is, according to Jones, a consequence of Hamlet's jealousy of the affection he and his dad used to receive from his mother (when he was an infant, Hamlet felt jealousy to his dad who captured his mother's love) As Hamlet grew older and the Queen married another man, his envy was directed to his uncle. This controversial perspective leads us to a very important question. Why does Hamlet insist in revenging his father if he viewed him as competence to win his mother's heart?
Jones states that his desire for revenge comes from the barbaric nature of his uncle's crime:
...[E]ndeavour to fulfil his father's demand for vengeance is that to Hamlet the thought of incest and parricide combined is too intolerable to be borne."
His inner mental struggle between doing "good" or "evil" is currently known as psychoneurosis, which was previously defined by Hamlet's story since he's portrayed as a character that is neither a heroe nor a villain, but rather a simple human.
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