Daredevil: Matt Murdock, Elektra, and the Pull of the Shadow
Reading Matt Murdock and Elektra's relationship in Daredevil through Carl Jung's idea of the shadow, and why she always pulls him toward the edge.
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The Paradox of Self-Knowledge and Solitude
On Carl Jung's idea of the Persona, and why real self-knowledge often looks like withdrawal, and gets mistaken by everyone around you…
Hannibal and the Curse of Will Graham’s Empathy
On Bryan Fuller's Hannibal, Will Graham's dangerous gift for empathy, and how Carl Jung's idea of the Shadow explains why the show…
Dark Matter and the Terror of Every Life You Didn’t Live
In Dark Matter, quantum physics and Carl Jung's idea of the Shadow collide inside one man forced to face every version of…
What Jung’s Shadow Explains About Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey became a phenomenon despite the reviews. Carl Jung's idea of the Shadow helps explain why it struck such…