Word Count: 2‚262 Examining Different Hues of Blood Dexter‚ the ideal killer‚ the perfect psychopath. The Showtime hit T.V. series Dexter has been much more of a success then its producers could have ever hoped for. With over eight seasons and six million viewers‚ it has been nominated for twenty-five Primetime Emmy Awards winning four‚ and ten Golden Globe Awards winning two. The success of this show is a great example of how much the American culture is attracted to two types of heroes embodied
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Dexter - Morning Routine - Analysis The title sequence for Dexter is a montage that depicts Dexter’s morning routine before he heads out to work. On our first watch‚ we instantly start to learn certain things about who Dexter is. He’s male‚ white‚ has brown hair and stubbly facial hair. By the tone and texture of his skin we can depict that he is around the 30 years old mark. The opening begins with a close-up on a mosquito sucking blood. We associate mosquitos with painful bites and we can relate
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The Psychology Behind: Dexter (The TV Series) The show “Dexter" is about a man named Dexter Morgan who lives in Miami‚ Florida. He works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a forensic blood spatter analyst . However‚ Dexter also has a second‚ unofficial job as a serial killer. Dexter’s only emotion is shown in the euphoric rush he feels as he puts knife to flesh. But in his everyday life‚ Dexter must fake normal emotions in order to disguise his “dark passenger” (his addiction to killing)
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The stimulus selected is a scene from TV series “Dexter” where Dexter makes a speech about a hidden identity within his physical body. His line “I’m not sure what I am‚ I just know there’s something dark...in me...it’s there‚ always.” This leads me to consider the issue of personal identity and Shakespeare’s quote‚ “We know what we are‚ but not what we may be”. Human beings are physical matter that exist in time and are aware of their identity and existence. We often believe we remain the same person
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has played a part of not one‚ but many disorders. This fictional character is Dexter Morgan; He is the main character of the series Dexter that lasted 8 seasons long. Dexter Morgan is labeled as a “sociopath” that murders people but never gets caught
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Dexter Gordon was a Jazz saxophonist. He was born February 27‚ 1923 in Los Angeles California. Many people know Mr. Gordon because of bebop. This style of play is what brought him fame. Gordon played amongst many jazz greats like Charlie Parker‚ Charles Mingus‚ and Buddy Collette to name a few. Gordon started to play at the age of 13. His first instrument was the clarinet but quickly after he decided to take up the tenor saxophone at the age of 17. Music was always popular around the Gordon household
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all too often. In the American television series Dexter‚ the main character of the same name lives to satisfy his father ’s "code" by killing terrible criminals who deserve death for continuing to get away with murder. Dexter executes the guilty with precision and with assurance that they deserve it. Throughout the episodes‚ this piece of literature argues that only those truly guilty of malicious crimes towards society deserve a just death (Dexter). Our country claims that capital punishment is justifiable
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Carefully concealed Dexter‚ waiting waiting. Then he heard it‚ Dexter Morgan the hunter and soon to be Miami Forensics blood splatter analyst heard it. Car pulling in under the amiable bright moon. Key lock click. Shuffle shuffle voice. "Mr Tinker where are you?" .Shuffle. "Mr Tinker? Are you trapped behind the couch again Mr Tinker Stinker?". She stepped into the lounge with caution‚ Dexter’s first kill on a lustrous silver platter. It’s time. He observed her as she looked around the moonlit room
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The piece Bikini by Dexter Gordon has four different solos. The first solo is by Dexter Gordon himself with the tenor saxophone. If I had to provide counter number for the beginning and end of his section it would be 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. If I had to label it‚ it would be AABA from 00:12 to 00:48 starting with 4/8 and ending with 4/4. The second solo is by Jimmy Bunn with the piano. The counter numbers I could count were 2 and 2 and 3 and 4. If I had to label it‚ I would say it’s AABA from 01:02 to
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Serial killers have always been overdramatized in movies‚ TV shows‚ and on the news‚ but no one truly understand them or their disorder. Dexter is a show that truly brought this mental illness to life‚ and understanding it is a job in itself. Dexter is a television show with a young man who is a serial killer that kills killers. While this is an extraordinary idea‚ the idea can still be examined and his characteristics are plausible. Being able to understand the characteristics of an antisocial personality
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