Olivia Pope's Stage Of Identity And Identity?

Olivia Pope is the star actress in the hit television drama show called Scandal. Scandal is a show that was written by Shonda Rhimes, the reason that I bring this up is because Shonda’s shows are unique in the fact that she creates real, messed up, broken character’s who have experienced what we call life. Olivia Pope is an extremely successful and powerful woman, who runs her own firm specializing in politics in the heart of Washington, D.C. Olivia is often referred to as a “fixer”, who is dedicated to fixing problems in order to protect public images and reputations, which often comes with a fair share of deception and cover ups. Olivia portrays herself as a strong, independent woman but because she pushes everyone away she often finds herself

The key task of this stage is to answer “who am I?” Olivia’s father was a very powerful man and sent her to the best boarding schools and law schools of his choice to mold her into the woman that he wanted her to be. Self-discovery has to occur without pressure, and Eli Pope lay’s the pressure on Olivia quite thick. Olivia is who she is, because that is whom her father created. Identity confusion can lead to an inability to settle on a work identity, and all throughout the seasons on Scandal, we observe Olivia bouncing back and forth between positions. Although she owns her own firm, she often leaves her team and works for the White House, until she decides it’s unsuitable there and returns ‘home’. Erikson would refer to Olivia’s situation as identity foreclosure because she has made a commitment without exploring other

Intimacy versus isolation occurs in young adulthood and the main task is to form close, reciprocal relationships, making necessary sacrifice and compromise. Olivia finds it difficult to both finding, and accepting intimacy. She pushes people away, thus not finding intimate love while also swirling down a path of loneliness as she jeopardizes her relationships with close friends and family. At this point in her life, her father has taken almost complete control and she doesn’t even realize it. I would say that Olivia has definitely stepped down the path of isolation; she has no one to share with or care for, and she avoids close