False Identity In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

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Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is a 1960 psychological thriller film emphasizing the core themes of false identity and duality in people. The film revolves around the incidents that happen in Bates Motel and shows that there are two sides to every person, particularly Norman Bates, as he is in a conflict within his inner self between two identities: Norman as the harmless son and Norman as his murderous mother. Hitchcock conveys the themes through irony and metaphor. The plot of the film begins with Marion Crane and her boyfriend Sam Loomis, who cannot get married because of Loomis’ poor financial condition. To solve this conflict, Marion steals $40,000 from her employer. She escapes and checks into Bates Motel owned by Norman Bates and his apparently

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