The Id, Ego, And Superego In Oedipus The King

Oedipus faced many conflicts throughout the plays, all of which traced back to his first mistake of blaming everyone except for himself. In my project, I chose to portray this main conflict and the inclusion of the id, ego, and superego within Oedipus' thoughts. Since the play takes place in an older time and many of the torture devices used were medieval torture devices, I represented Oedipus' mental fight with a torture rack as the central part. Oedipus, represented by the wooden mannequin, is being pulled in four different directions by the id, ego, superego, and conflict. The Id is represented by the red devil ball because it shows a human's need to seek pleasure, and it shows the real personality of a human. The ego is represented by the white ball with the pipe cleaners showing a human in excitement because ego is a human's drive to satisfy themselves. The superego is shows by the yellow angel like ball because superego is defined as a human's ability to reach a goal or perfection. …show more content…
I made sure to include the definitions of id, ego, and superego to make sure that the project gave a quick summary of the article. The three different balls also help express the essence of the three psychological aspects of the brain. In order to incorporate the themes with the color scheme, I used a black for the rack to represent the dark and depressing outcomes of Oedipus' decisions. I made the three balls more bright to show that Oedipus is set apart due to the id, ego, and superego. The string that is pulling Oedipus is also red to help it pop out on the black background and emphasize the basic foundation of the