Disorders In The Film 'The Three Faces Of Eve'

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Once again Hollywood has managed to display a disorder incorrectly or not quite right. The movie is about a woman with dissociative identify disorder. In the movie, “The Three Faces of Eve”, there are several problems. Some are Issues are with the turning personality and bodily switching. “Eve White” is the main character with the problem. She has three personalities. She has “Eve White” who is normal, wife and mother. The second personality is “Eve Black” who is wild and detested “Eve White’s” husband. The third is “Jane”, she is a version of both White and Black. Jane doesn’t come into the film to after the conflict is almost out of control. The husband married Eve White and was startled when “Eve Black” started to emerge. Eve’s husband

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