Black Swan Research Paper

In the move Black Swan Nina is an apprising ballerina auditioning for the new performance of Swan Lake. She appears to be under extreme stress from her mother to become a great performer. She first shows signs of self-mutilation through the form of starching wounds into her flesh, this problem continues to progress through-out the move. She first begins seeing hallucinations in the form in nonexistent people figures. Nina is being pushed by her director to not only become a perfect white swan but to transition into the dark mysterious role of the black swan. This pressure becomes overwhelming when another ballerina is picked as her alternate. This is the time in which he beings experiencing delusions, believing this women is directly out the
She escapes and arrives to the theatre to perform. Her delusions take the ultimate stand. She believes in the transition of the white swan to the black swan the alternate ballerina is going try to finish the performance without her. Nina shows the transformation into the black swan in this scene by stabbing the alternate with a piece of a broken mirror while in a brawl with her over who would continue the performance. She feels the evil present in herself and goes on to finish the performance with confidence while her alternate bleeds to death in the closet. Before the end of the performance she goes back to her dressing room where the fight had taken place. She notices the pool of blood leaking out from under the door was no longer there. This is the time when she discovers that she had stabbed herself when she had been having a delusion about stabbing the other woman. She shows her need to be perfect by continuing the performance without anyone knowing of her deep wound. She goes on to perform as though she truly is a dark possessed swan. Just as the script for the black swans ballet performance it wrote, the black swan is never released from the curse and