Abstract
There is an amount of information in which different characteristics of how serial killers can live with their conscious mind are described and analyzed by some experts such as Temma Ehrenfeld (2018), Berit Broogart (2012) or D’Arcy Lyness (2015). This study attempts to analyze Norman Bates’s mental illness development and his close relationship with his mother from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho to the American TV show Bates Motel. The importance of paying attention to Norman’s behavior and psychology in both Psycho and Bates Motel is the main question to be analyzed. Therefore, his relationship with his mother is examined as it is the main clue in Norman’s personality. However, this character will be explained throughout Bates Motel in order to understand his behaviour and everything that surrounds him. The methodology used to achieve a greater understanding of the main character was perceived from a Freudian point of view analyzing the aspects of this neurologist along with the character. This research intends to find that how these mental illnesses affect his perception of reality, how his behavior changes, what it is like to live with such conditions and how his mental illness starts to develop.
Presenters
Carolina GarcíaStudent, Modern Languages, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Las Palmas, Spain
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
PSYCHO CINEMA NORMAN BATES
