Black Swan Dissociative Identity Disorder Analysis
Baloloy, Mariah B. Ms. L.E.J. Lopez
The Black Swan BSTTM 1-1
I. Introduction
Black swan is a pyschosexual thriller that describes the unglamorous part of the Ballet world inspired by Swan Lake, a famous ballet. Darren Aronofsky is the director of the film who is known for his wild creative imagination. In the movie, the ballet mentor, Cassel, decided to cast only one person for both the White Swan and Black Swan. The main character, Nina, was chosen as the Swan Queen so she has to play both the White Swan and Black Swan. Because Nina’s traits are fearful,innocent and controlled, the White Swan’s character comes naturally for her . However, she finds it difficult to portray the seductive, dark and mysterious Black Swan. …show more content…
The last scene where Alice was in her room, preparing to leave the hospital. As she had opened her cabinet Kristen suddenly came out from it and grabbed Alice. This symbolizes that her last personality, Kristen was still there in her mind and that she wasn’t completely cured.
III. Disorder featured
Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a condition wherein a person 's identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personalities. Sufferers of this rare condition are usually victims of severe abuse. The person also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
During Alice’s childhood, she was kidnapped and sexually abused by an unknown person and was left chained up for two months in the basement of the same farmhouse "Kristen" had burned down. That resulted on her DID. This is the way her brain used to protect her from remembering the trauma she had.
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The Black Swan BSTTM 1-1
I. Introduction
Black swan is a pyschosexual thriller that describes the unglamorous part of the Ballet world inspired by Swan Lake, a famous ballet. Darren Aronofsky is the director of the film who is known for his wild creative imagination. In the movie, the ballet mentor, Cassel, decided to cast only one person for both the White Swan and Black Swan. The main character, Nina, was chosen as the Swan Queen so she has to play both the White Swan and Black Swan. Because Nina’s traits are fearful,innocent and controlled, the White Swan’s character comes naturally for her . However, she finds it difficult to portray the seductive, dark and mysterious Black Swan. …show more content…
The last scene where Alice was in her room, preparing to leave the hospital. As she had opened her cabinet Kristen suddenly came out from it and grabbed Alice. This symbolizes that her last personality, Kristen was still there in her mind and that she wasn’t completely cured.
III. Disorder featured
Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a condition wherein a person 's identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personalities. Sufferers of this rare condition are usually victims of severe abuse. The person also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
During Alice’s childhood, she was kidnapped and sexually abused by an unknown person and was left chained up for two months in the basement of the same farmhouse "Kristen" had burned down. That resulted on her DID. This is the way her brain used to protect her from remembering the trauma she had.
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