Saturday, September 30, 2017

Archer and Oedipus


In one of my favorite shows, Archer, the main character is pretty Oedipus-like. Archer, the main character, works for a spy agency in which he ultimately assumes he is the superior agent. Archer routinely goes out of the way the way to negate his co-worker’s ideas, no matter how valid they might be. He is also incredibly argumentative, which although hilarious leads to quite a few problems. Moreover, just like when Oedipus literally just doesn’t hear Creon telling him that he killed Laius, Archer doesn’t take criticism very well:


1 comment:

Unknown said...

Haha! Beautiful. I like how the pictures bring in that element of the 5 senses too (Oedipus figuratively blinded and seemingly, perhaps subconsciously as you brought up in another post, almost reluctant to learn the truth despite his obsessive pursuit of it).