Norma Bates Essays

  • Argumentative Essay On Norma Bates

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    children. A parent should teach a child basic life skills like communication, trust and respect. Norma Bates from Bates Motel does teach her son, Norman Bates, some skills, but they aren’t normal life skills. Most parents would allow their children to experience the world and learn to have relationships with other people. However, Norma Bates shelters Norman from the outside world. Norma Bates from Bates Motel does not create a healthy mother/son relationship with her son, Norman. One step to building

  • Psycho Hero's Journey Analysis

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    closely. This is achieved through the meticulous creation of Norman Bates, as we observe a culmination of his actions, emotions, and the events that take place in his life. Psycho follows the traditional format by having a similarity to the 12 stages, beginning with the “ordinary world”, and ending with “atonement/resurrection”. In the initial stage, we have the “beginning” of the movie introducing Norman Bates, the owner of the Bates Motel. Of the first two stages in Psycho, this is by far the most

  • Elements Of The Heroic Journey In The Film Psycho

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    slightly odd demeanor; that is Norman Bates. As aforementioned in the previous paragraph, Bates had been suffering from a condition known as split-personality disorder. This condition caused his overbearing mother to assume control of himself, whilst Norman Bates’ personality had been overtaken. At the courthouse, the psychiatrist reveals that Norma Bates had now fully assumed Norman’s physical body. That is, Norman’s personality no longer existed as Norma Bates vicariously existed in his body. At

  • Negative Effects Of Movie Heroes And Villains

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    Positives and Negatives Effects of Movie Hero and Villains People grow up with heroes and villains when they are growing up to show proper behavior. This is displayed through the images in mythology, books, comics, television, and movies. The narratives have a vast influence on society is with movies. The heroes or villains in movies are “the manifestations of how an individual views of life. It can mirror their hopes, dreams and aspirations” (Pedalino) if the individual relates to the hero

  • Analysis Of The Movie Jaws

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    The movie “Jaws” was an adaptation of the novel by Peter Benchley which tells a story of a time when sharks had unfortunately developed an appetite for humans. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and had been widely acclaimed by film critics and moviegoers, and was considered as a modern blockbuster. In terms of the technical aspects of the movie, it had a comprehensive plot and narrative. Spielberg tailored the story in a way that no significant events from the novel were left out. In the same

  • Essay On Anagorisis And Peripetia

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    Aristotle said that the best plays have both anagnorisis and peripetia which occur nearly at the same time. In the majority of plays and movies there are examples of anagorisis and peripetia. They both effect the play or movie immensely. Sometimes it may work but sometimes it may not. Anagnorisis is a moment in a play or any other work when a character makes a critical discovery. The term anagnorisis originally came from a Greek context meaning recognition. From today and from Greek times the

  • Bates Motel: Old Film By Name Of Psycho

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    Bates Motel is a fictional TV show that is based off of an old film by the name of Psycho. In the series Bates Motel there is a character by the name of Norman Bates. Norman Bates is an 18 year old, shy boy who has a lot of psychological issues, and a very close bond with his mother. Norman first resides somewhere in Arizona with his mother and father. He ends up murdering his father in defense of his mother. Norman and his mother then move to the White Pine Bay after the death his father, to try

  • A Streetcar Named Desire Deception Analysis

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    to realise is that too much deception will lead to a loss of reality. In the play, A Street Car named Desire by Tennessee Williams ,and the television series Bates Motel, the deteriorating ability of deception ultimately leads the characters to madness. This adversely affects the charactersNorman and Norma Bates from the television series Bates Motel, and Blanche DuBois from the play A Street Car Named Desire. The process to madness is as follows: first a person is unsatisfied with their reality

  • Norman Bates Case

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    Norman Bates. Bates is a 22-year-old male who was born October 14, 1995. He lives in White Pine, Oregon currently. Bates had moved to White Pine with his mother Norma, when an accident involving Bates had killed his father. Bates has one half-brother, Dylan Bates who has not been present for a majority of Bates childhood. Recently he moved back into the house after his mother and brother moved away from Arizona. The Bates family bought a motel as a family when they moved to White Pine. Bates has decided

  • Sweet Movie Analysis

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    2. Sweet Movie (1974) This film was directed by a Yugoslav director named Dusan Makavejev. This is one of the weirdest movies you can ever watch. Sweet Movie was faced with fury when it was first out in theaters. The story described the strange, chaotic discovery of communism and sex. This film was basically a tableau when one weird scene was released on the screen after another surreal scene. 3. L’ Age d’ or (1930) L’ Age d’ or was a strange black comedy film that was considered to be one of France’s

  • Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

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    This article is analyzing Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho, in particular its main character: Norman Bates and his connection to the Cold War. We have seen some sexual perversion and scenes of violence in Hitchcock’s previous movies, where he used Sigmund Freud’s concept of psychoanalysis to explain the acts committed. The characters had to make conscious their unconscious thoughts and motivations to released repressed emotions and experiences. This concept will be seen again in Psycho with Norman

  • Psycho Movie Analysis

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    Joseph Stefano and stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Vera Miles as Lila Crane and John Gavin as Sam Loomis. Initially, the movie received mixed reviews from the viewers but still landed four Academy Award nominations including Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Kolker 56). It has been ranked as one of the greatest movies of all times and continues to influence several movies includes the television series Bates Motel, which started airing in 2013. Before this

  • Alfred Hitchcock's Use Of Suspense In Psycho

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    fabricate Norman’s mother, to convey suspense. Rather than discussing his choice of cinematography in his most memorable shower scene, let's examine his applied cinematography in another brief yet a critical moment. Marion listens to Norman Bates argue with his mother, Norma, in their house behind the motel. Marion stands by the window of her room, listening to their conversation from a distance, clueless of Norman’s schizophrenic episode. Marion, along with the audience, is tricked into believing Norman’s

  • Juror 3 Character Analysis Essay

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    Foreman (Juror 1): He is an assistant football coach at a High School. Elected as the foreman of the jury, he has the responsibility to keep the jury process organized. Although he is not particularly bright, he is dogged. Initially, he struggled to keep up with his authority. Eventually, he managed to weight to his authority as the foreman as well as his opinions. Juror 2: He is an introvert who works as a bank clerk. Meek and high in agreeableness, he cannot hold an opinion of his own and adopts

  • Theme Of Reality Vs. Fantasy In Sunset Boulevard

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    white film, where Norma Desmond, a famous actress of the silent film era, cannot come to terms with her career’s end. Desmond meets a guy named Joe Gillis, a struggling writer who is in financial trouble. The two come to an agreement that Gillis will polish up her script, which Norma believes will be her ticket back to the big screen, and Norma will take care of Joe financially. The one thing Norma and Joe have in common is that Hollywood has deemed both of them as undesirable. Norma experiences delusions

  • Attention Getter In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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    [attention getter]. Geoffrey Chaucer, in his novel The Canterbury Tales, deals with many tales of medieval life and morals. The writing follows a large group of pilgrims who have all been challenged to tell their best tale, one that teaches a valuable lesson, on the journey to Canterbury. Two of the stories told, “The Pardoner’s Tale” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, make their points in very notable ways. The Pardoner tells a story of three men who come to pay for indulging in the sin of greed, while

  • The Organizer Movie Essay

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    The film, The Organizer, takes place in an Italian textile factory during the late 19th century. The factory employs workers of all ages including some older men and a teenager as well. In the first scene, exhaustion has begun to set in towards the end of the workday, and as a result, a man gets his arm caught in one of the machines. The workers at this factory are working fourteen-hour work days with little to no breaks and are working with dangerous machinery. The workers ask management to reduce

  • Discrimination In Norma Rae

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    In Norma Rae, management was aggressive in attempting the prevent the formation of the union. The owners used both union substitution and union suppression in order to keep workers from signing union cards. Their first tactic within union substitution was to give Norma Rae a promotion so that she would “shut her mouth” about problems in the workplace. They attempted to increase her job satisfaction so she would not feel a need to join a union. When she continued to show support for the union, they

  • Sound Design In Django Unchained

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    Sound design consists of three components; dialogue, music and sound effects. Each component carries a significant role to enhance the overall intention of the medium in which it is being used for. In film, for example, sound design and location recording is perhaps one of the last aspects of a production to be addressed. However specifically in a film where the dialogue is of utmost importance, it is an aspect that should not be dismissed. Unlike many directors, Quentin Tarantino is a director who

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey Cinematic Techniques

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    The famous science-fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by the stalwart filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick, can be described as one of the seminal works ever in the history of world cinema. The film succeeds in leaving a very lasting effect on the minds of the audience with its sheer quintessence of content and aesthetic portrayal on the screen. An introspective analysis of the contextual work can make one understand how the filmmaker exudes his cinematic prowess via the use of impressive cinematic