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    drive and pulls into the Bates Motel. Unfortunately for Marion‚ the owner of the motel‚ Norman Bates‚ was suffering from a severe case of dissociative identity disorder – a case so extreme that it cost Marion her life. Norman Bates suffered from dissociative identity disorder‚ or DID. Dissociative identity disorder mainly involves "the existence of more than one distinct identity or personality within the same individual." (AllPsych.com‚ 2006) The two identities that Norman had were his own recessive

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    ” She was originally at fault here‚ and then she is brutally murdered for no reason by Norman Bates‚ who now becomes the center of attention. We must now figure him out! “Marion has overheard the voice of Norman’s mother speaking sharply with him‚ and she gently suggests that Norman need not stay here in this dead end‚ a failing motel on a road that has been bypassed by the new interstate. She cares about Norman. She is also moved to rethink her own actions. And he is touched. So touched‚ he feels

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    DOUBLE OR NOTHING “A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.” ― Alfred Hitchcock The reality is this -- all humans are flawed. Some have repressed personality traits that are recessive until they come to the forefront because of an unusual challenges or unexpected event. Some struggles bring out the best in us‚ while other challenges force us to show our “dark side.” When pushed there‚ most humans are capable of doing things that would normally seem unthinkable

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    Why the Normans won the battle of Hastings The reason why the Normans won the battle of Hasting About 10 days before the Vikings landed at Stanford the Saxons were down in Hasting where they were expecting the Norman’s to come and attack. Unfortunately for William the winds where not very good in France and after a few days of waiting for the Normans word got out that Vikings had landed up in Stanford. The Saxons marched up as fast as they could‚ they won the battle of Stanford and then

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    A Portrait of Life‚ Self-Schema & Defense Mechanisms George Mitchell PSY-255- Personality Psychology May 26‚ 2013 Professor Rob Lane Abstract: Capturing a portrait of life reveals the keys to unlocking the potential or positive self-schema of emphasizing knowledge of your self-worth and the worth of others‚ utilizing your own interpretations of the world through life situations‚ film‚ spiritual enlightenment and our own perceptions. Which questions us to decipher the defense mechanisms

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    behavior‚ and spiritual confusion and reliance on trust-fear and good-evil affiliations that make the audience feel similar to the characters. In Psycho‚ Norman stutters‚ sweats‚ talks with his hands‚ and makes mistakes while talking to the detective‚ Sam‚ and Lila after his mother had killed Marion‚ who the detective‚ Sam‚ and Lila were looking for. Norman also does not keep eye contact with any of them as he answers their relentless interrogation. Norman’s behavior is an example of a Gothic trait of unconscious

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    Code and conventions are used in ways that greatly increase the effectiveness of the overall film. Close-up camera angles are used to show the actors emotions to a greater extent. An example of this is in the scene before Marion pulling into the Bates Motel. Hitchcock creates close-ups of her faces‚ which show worry and anxiety‚ and uses over the shoulder

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    Media Coursework: Psycho How Effectively Does Hitchcock Manipulate the Audience in ‘Psycho’? The 1960’s movie ’Psycho’‚ was undoubtedly a groundbreaking and revolutionary film. The movie was produced by Alfred Hitchcock and is often referred to as the ‘mother of the modern horror movie’ as it is the first horror movie that received so much success. Horror films are movies with a purpose to strive to elicit fear‚ horror and terror responses from viewers. This is why ‘Psycho fits into the Horror

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    her employer. As Marian is on the run she encounters a cop that seems to be following her and she starts to become paranoid. To avoid the police officer‚ she decides to stay in a Motel‚ the Bates Motel. This is where the real plot begins. She meets Norman Bates‚ the motel manager‚ he is the real Psycho. Norman is crazy‚ he dresses as

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    George Tomasini‚ should be included in the production. The director’s penchant for detail was in full force here. He insisted that Stefano and others scout motels along Route 99 to learn how they operated‚ who stopped at them‚ and who ran them. The Bates Motel was then put together on the Universal back lot and was definitely on the seedy side‚ with a scaled-down The mansion cost only $15‚000 to construct and technicians cannibalized several other stock buildings on the lot to keep the costs down‚

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