Psychological Diagnosis of Blackswan
III – Psychology
CP04
THE MOVIE “BLACK SWAN” ANALYSIS
I. SUMMARY Black Swan is a story about an aspiring ballet dancer, Nina, who dreamt of playing the role of the Swan Queen in the play Swan Lake. Swan Lake is a ballet play in which a princess is turned into the White Swan and can only be turned back if a man swears eternal love to her. In the ballet, she is betrayed by the Black Swan, the evil magician's daughter whom the magician has transformed to look exactly like the princess in order to trick the prince who has fallen in love with her. In the end, the princess committed suicide because the Prince's infidelity has doomed her to remain a swan forever. The director of the play, Thomas Leroy, knew that Nina can very well play the role of the White Swan since her dance is controlled and perfect, but the problem is that the Swan Queen also has to play the role of the Black Swan, which needs to be free and sensual, and is nothing like Nina. After Nina’s attempt to ask for the lead role politely, Thomas kissed her and she bit his lips which shocked and impressed the director and made him changed his mind about the ballerina and gave her the lead role. This decision started the pressure and stress on Nina’s part and often found herself experiencing strange situations and has returned her bad habits of scratching her back. As the preparation went by, the director sees how hard it was for Nina to dance the role of the Black Swan, he then orders her to touch herself in order for the ballerina to experience her sexuality that will help her in the role. Nina woke up the next day and attempted to touch herself but found her mother sleeping beside her bed and cut off her moment of pleasure. As the pressure gets in her nerves, Nina’s mother has been no help to her and they often ended up arguing about Nina’s scratches, her mother’s treatment to her, and even Nina’s eating habits. Her mother has been very controlling and obsessed with her because she was also an
CP04
THE MOVIE “BLACK SWAN” ANALYSIS
I. SUMMARY Black Swan is a story about an aspiring ballet dancer, Nina, who dreamt of playing the role of the Swan Queen in the play Swan Lake. Swan Lake is a ballet play in which a princess is turned into the White Swan and can only be turned back if a man swears eternal love to her. In the ballet, she is betrayed by the Black Swan, the evil magician's daughter whom the magician has transformed to look exactly like the princess in order to trick the prince who has fallen in love with her. In the end, the princess committed suicide because the Prince's infidelity has doomed her to remain a swan forever. The director of the play, Thomas Leroy, knew that Nina can very well play the role of the White Swan since her dance is controlled and perfect, but the problem is that the Swan Queen also has to play the role of the Black Swan, which needs to be free and sensual, and is nothing like Nina. After Nina’s attempt to ask for the lead role politely, Thomas kissed her and she bit his lips which shocked and impressed the director and made him changed his mind about the ballerina and gave her the lead role. This decision started the pressure and stress on Nina’s part and often found herself experiencing strange situations and has returned her bad habits of scratching her back. As the preparation went by, the director sees how hard it was for Nina to dance the role of the Black Swan, he then orders her to touch herself in order for the ballerina to experience her sexuality that will help her in the role. Nina woke up the next day and attempted to touch herself but found her mother sleeping beside her bed and cut off her moment of pleasure. As the pressure gets in her nerves, Nina’s mother has been no help to her and they often ended up arguing about Nina’s scratches, her mother’s treatment to her, and even Nina’s eating habits. Her mother has been very controlling and obsessed with her because she was also an