The Talented Mr Ripley Psychopath

A psychopath can be defined as an individual suffering from slight or severe chronic mental disorder who turns to violence in times of destress or desperation. The character Tom Ripley from the novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith displays this quality. Evidence through various characteristics such as Mr. Ripley’s ability to manipulative, pathological lying, impersonation, craving to become someone else, desire to cause harm to an individual and most importantly acting upon this desire proves his insanity. Mr. Ripley proves his recklessness when demonstrating these traits towards three characters. Primarily, Mr. Ripley demonstrates pathological lying and acting on his desire to inflict pain upon the character Freddy. Secondly,