Jesse Pinkman Offers a Critique of the Oedipus Complex
This meme uses a scene from Breaking Bad featuring Jesse Pinkman and Walter White to present a literary argument regarding the Oedipus complex. Jesse posits that the term is a misnomer, arguing that in the original Greek tragedy, Oedipus was unaware of his mother's identity and reacted with horror and self-blinding upon discovering the truth. By contrasting the psychological theory with the narrative of Sophocles' play, the meme highlights the discrepancy between the clinical term and the source material, culminating in Walter White's confused reaction to Jesse's unexpected analysis.
Jesse couldve been a great scientist
i hate when people use this meme like that. its very very clear what the fuck Jesse is talking about, because he explained it quite well. this meme should be used when Jesse says some unhinged shit
I just watched this episode. Weird.
This template is one of my favourite memes, it's almost always gold
It's because girlfriendless boys without fathers are the only "man" in the household, are reminded their father "wasn't good enough", and she's the only woman in their lives who ever loved truly him, despite knowing everyhting about him. If they actually had girlfriends tyhrougho
In fact it isn't. Because even if the original myth is more about the history of a person exchange, Sophocles's tragedy is about Oedipus and everyone around him suspecting he is the one that killed his father and at least Jocasta (the mother) suspecting since half the play he is
He's not wrong though
The shit I learn from random 9gag posts is amazing. I always go on a research tangent when I see something like this, and it's totally true. He actually gouged his eyes out after learning the truth and went into exile. His mother hanged herself. My wife is always fascinated by my
I mean Freud was a pioneer in psychanalysis but at this point we know all his theories were absolutely wrong and based on his feelings
Theres another possibility with that complex...what if Freud's mum was just super fucking sexy?