... produced in the 1960's, Hitchcock based this film of a book he had read, "Psycho", by Robert Bloch. "Psycho" is an American psychological thriller horror; the centre of this film is based around a secretary, Marion Crane, who embezzles forty thousand dollars cash from her boss's client, Mr Tom Cassidy. Marion flees the town of Phoenix ... disturbed man. Throughout this film the themes of 'good and evil' are explored through Hitchcock's use of use of duality, characters actions. All these themes together create a well-constructed horror film. Through the use of duality, good and ev...

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... regard to several of the said criteria. Explaining these criteria, and how Norman is characterized within the spectrum of this generalization, will describe the positive and negative qualities of the films" portrayal of mental illness. Psychologists apply several criteria, individually or in combination, to determine if behavior is abnormal. Criteria can include behavior which is: unusual, socially unacceptable or a violation of ... consider that this film was released in 1960, almost the dark ages as far as an understanding of the physiology and treatment of such psychological disorder...

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Without Consent "In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man." These are the words of Alfred Hitchcock, the genius director of ... later slaughtering them, further exemplifies the fact that Normal is mentally invalid. Hitchcock depicts a caring Norman by the way he reacts to the death of Marion. Visibly distraught, vocalizing his horror, and covering her body with obvious reverence, the image of Normans actions convey caring and almost evoke a sense of pity from the audience. Yet, this same man is the cold ... ...

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