When comparing the characters of Charlotte Vale and Norman Bates the influences in their lives by their mothers has devastating effects on both characters, both suffer from a mental illness. Charlotte Vale suffers from near-crippling depression and Norman Bates from schizophrenia.

Charlotte’s depression with the help of a psychiatrist, Dr Jasquith, is treated in a sanitarium in Vermont. Here Charlotte faces her demons, her lack of self-confidence, loneliness and shame at her appearance. She searches for love and independence that she is unable to find at her home due to her overbearing mother.

To combat the pain Charlotte immerses into her unconscious mind and recalls a time when she is beautiful and in love while travelling with her mother on the open sea. But then reality comes back and her conscious mind brings back the demons. After a number of weeks Charlotte improves and by the end of her stay at the sanitarium has found new str

Children must be allowed to develop their own personalities and be their own person. Learn by their mistakes and be able to continue the teachings of their parents when they have children.

Norman’s first personality is a shy, quiet spoken man. The second personality is an evil, bad tempered old woman, his mother. When he kills it is his mother’s personality who kills. Normans characters are totally controlled by a domineering mother.

It is important that we are able to develop and mature in our own time with the help of parents, teachers, family etc. Without their help growing into a responsible adult is very difficult. But parents must also realise that children are only on loan to them and not their possession. This was the problem in both Normans and Charlottes lives, their mother practically owned them.

Norman on the other hand feels guilty because of the terrible things that his ‘mother’ does. It tries to cover up for her. He even defends his ‘mother’ and her illness when others ask. In his conscious mind Norman feels the guilt but not in his subconscious mind because this is his ‘mother’.

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