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Oil painting of a couple face-to-face: a serene, loving woman contrasts with an enraged, scowling man—visualizing splitting from idealization to devaluation.
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Characters Who Flip From Love to Hate: Splitting

In film and TV, characters who flip from love to hate create powerful, gutting moments. Often, that dramatic swing—where love becomes loathing—is rooted in the psychological process called 'splitting' (black-and-white…
Posted by Screen Psyche December 2, 2025
Sabrina Spellman oil painting symbolizing rebellion, dual identity, and autonomy — The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina themes and symbolism
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The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Themes and Symbolism

A focused, reader-friendly character study that traces how rebellion against patriarchal power, the tension of dual identity, and the search for autonomy shape The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina themes and…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 30, 2025
Oil painting of Daniel Plainview amid oil rigs and church shadows, symbolizing misogyny, power, and isolation in There Will Be Blood.
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Misogyny and Masculinity in There Will Be Blood: Daniel Plainview

Daniel Plainview is not just a man who builds an oil empire — he is a searing study in how toxic masculinity and misogyny fuel an addiction to power that…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 28, 2025
Oil painting of a person executing meticulous morning rituals—aligned toiletries, folded towels, ticking clock—symbolizing control addiction and anxiety relief.
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Control Addiction: How Routines Act as an Anxiety Sedative

Content warning & spoiler notice This article discusses anxiety, compulsive routines, and may describe scenes from films and TV shows that include disturbing or triggering material. Spoilers for the works…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 26, 2025
Oil painting of a love triangle: three figures in tense dialogue, red thread, chess pieces, phones, envelope, hourglass, mirror shards, dove.
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Triangulation: Love as a Three-Sided Battlefield

Spoiler warning: This article contains a deep love triangle analysis with TV characters and film scenes to explain triangulation as a relationship dynamic. I avoid diagnosing real people; scenes are…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 24, 2025
Vertical oil painting of Lucifer Morningstar at Lux, silhouetted shadow-wings behind him, cracked mirror and therapy chair symbols—ego, punishment, and identity.
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Lucifer Morningstar; Ego and Identity

Spoiler warning: This article contains moderate-to-heavy spoilers for the TV series Lucifer. If you prefer a spoiler-free read, skip sections labeled "SPOILERS". The Public Persona and Defensive Armor Lucifer Morningstar's ego…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 22, 2025
Oil-painted blue tableau echoing Julie’s grief, detachment, and quiet rebirth in Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Blue.
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Three Colors: Blue – Freedom, Detachment, Rebirth

Spoiler notice: This essay contains measured spoilers for Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Blue (1993). Key plot developments and scene details are discussed to support a close reading of Julie’s emotional journey. If you…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 20, 2025
Oil painting of a man moving between four rooms, each symbolizing separate lives and roles, visualizing psychological compartmentalization.
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A Practical Guide to Compartmentalization

He walks into a conference room, pitches a campaign with an easy smile, then later sits alone in a dim apartment, peeling an orange and thinking of the boy he…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 18, 2025
Claire Underwood–like figure in black dress, seated in an armchair, calm and poised, embodying controlled silence and authority.
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Claire Underwood (House of Cards): Control, Silence, and the Power of Stillness

Claire Underwood remains one of television’s most quietly magnetic figures. In a genre built on rhetoric and spectacle, her restraint feels radical. This Claire Underwood character analysis shows that her…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 16, 2025
Jesse Pinkman drives a bright El Camino through sunlit desert highway, dust trailing, hinting at fragile freedom and possible redemption.
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Does Jesse find redemption in El Camino?

Spoiler warning: This analysis discusses major plot points in Breaking Bad and El Camino to examine Jesse Pinkman's psychological arc and the film's final moments. Quick answer: Does Jesse find…
Posted by Screen Psyche November 14, 2025

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