Freud analysed a five-year-old boy named Hans who developed a severe phobia of horses, particularly those wearing dark blinkers and possessing large dark areas around their mouths. Freud interpreted this fear as a displacement of Hans's unconscious anxiety regarding his father.
Explain Hans's 'fear of horses'. Refer to the relevant stage of Freud's theory of psychosexual development in your answer.
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