Character Analysis Of The Three Faces Of Eve

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The film The Three Faces of Eve is based on a real-life story of Chris Costner, who was a victim of Dissociate Identity Disorder. She arguably developed this mental disorder following three different grisly accidents that she witnessed. Joanne Woodward acted the role of Costner and depicted the three personalities resulting from the psychological upset. The three characters are; Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane. Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 film that presents a case of a woman 's psychological problems and eventual treatment (Goodman 1996). The woman who acts as Eve White in the film is shown as mentally upright, reserved, and motherly at the initial episodes of the movie. In a startling twist of events, a new character of Eve White, Eve Black emerges. Eve Black is fun loving and antisocial. This character change comes as a surprise to her husband. In the later episodes of the film, a third character of Eve White, Jane emerges. Jane provides a resolution to the already fragmented film show. In the movie play, there are dramatic episodes. For instance, Eve 's husband is attracted to her due to his ignorance of her illness but a later manifestation of the mental disorder drives her to conspire killing …show more content…

The doctor concerned with the treatment of Eve is depicted as often consulting with Dr. Day, who is a neurologist as he treats Eve. This practice is considerably unethical in psychoanalysis (Johnson et. al. 2004). Essentially, the ethics of psychoanalysis provides that the psychiatrist should converse freely with the patient rather than with a third party. Furthermore, the film depicts Dr. Luther as not using any organized psychotherapy technique in the treatment except when he hypnotizes Eve in a tactical attempt to access her repressed memory of presumed childhood

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