Character Summary: In the beginning of the movie, Linda goes to pick up the prescriptions of her elderly husband, Earl, while his nurse, Phil watches him. While Linda picks up prescriptions for Earl, she also picks up prescriptions for her opioid addiction. When Linda waits for her prescription, the pharmacists starts talking to her about her prescriptions and start asking questions. Feeling as if she is being under investigation, Linda curses and berates the pharmacists before leaving with the prescriptions. She then goes to Earl’s lawyer and asks him if he can change Earl’s will be she feels guilty; Linda only married Earl for his money and cheated on him multiple times, but she now loves him and refuses to take any money. The lawyer, however, …show more content…
The intimacy versus isolation stage lasts from early adulthood until middle adulthood. This stage is often marked by finding an intimate, romantic partner or feeling alone because you have not. Although Linda is married to Earl, she only married him for his money and does not really feel a sense of intimacy with him. Thus, she cheats on him multiple times. Multiple factors influence Linda’s infidelity. According to Drigotas and Barta (2001), a selected sample showed that 25% of wives committed infidelity, and this number increased to 26.2% for women born between 1953 and 1974. Linda was born in the 60s, so she falls into the category with increased chances of infidelity. The decision to cheat goes beyond demographics, however. According to (Munsch, 2005), “for women, breadwinning decreases infidelity.” Linda is not the breadwinner in her relationship. When Earl was healthy, he made the money through his show as a game show producer. Thus, Linda had ample time to cheat on him with other men while he was busy at work. Ultimately, the main reason that women cheat, though, is that they are dissatisfied with their marriage (Drigotas and Barta, 2001). Earl is elderly and probably cannot do the things for Linda that men her age can do. Thus, she sought fulfillment through other men. When Earl enters his dying state, though, Linda realizes that she actually loves him. Linda’s …show more content…
Neuroticism is the “tendency toward unstable emotions,” and Linda is very unstable. She curses at the pharmacists when she picks up Earl’s prescriptions. She is also very anxious when she begs Earl’s attorney to write her out of Earl’s will because she feels guilty about cheating on Earl. Interestingly, high neuroticism has been shown to be associated with infidelity in heterosexual couples (Mark et al., 2011). After Linda leaves the attorney’s office, she continues to exhibit neurotic behavior. She contemplates committing suicide through monoxide poisoning while in her garage but then decides not to. When she enters her house, she yells at Earl’s nurse, Phil for trying to contact Phil, but she later apologizes for her behavior. She then leaves her house to commit suicide with a combination of pills an alcohol. She is on the verge of death before a child finds her and calls an ambulance. She is then later taken to the hospital where she is showing recovering the next day. Because of Linda’s neurotic personality, she puts herself in great
Diane chose not to receive treatment, desiring to spend whatever time she had left outside of the hospital. Dr. Quill met with her several times to ensure that she didn’t change her mind, and he had Diane meet with a psychologist with whom she had met before. Then Diane complicated the case by informing Dr. Quill that she was able to control the time of her death, avoiding the loss of dignity and discomfort which would precede her death. Dr. Quinn informed her of the Hemlock Society, and shortly afterwards, Diane called Dr. Quinn with a request for barbiturates, complaining of insomnia. Dr. Quinn gave her the prescription and informed her how to use them to sleep, and the amount necessary to commit suicide.
The scene where Robby went on a double date. The social structure of class was express through the social construction of posing bonds. Glenn says Robby should look into the bond market business because that is where the money is. Robby shows his income by having a saving bonds worth $25.00 in 1993. The social structure of Masculinity is express through body, when talking Robby and Glenn are talking about the women’s butt as a piece of meat.
After April and Roger search desperately for Cheryl, they look for several weeks, and have no idea where she has gone. One night Cheryl’s friend Nancy calls April, and explains that she was leaving with her, but she had left suddenly and believes she is going to do something bad. April remembers that Cheryl told her how their mother committed suicide, by jumping off the Louis Bridge. When they arrive at the bridge a group of people say they saw a women jumped off and commit suicide about five minutes before they arrived.
Beginning a relationship is usually different from person to person, but with mostly every relationship, there is a cycle that is known as “Relational Development” which illustrates the rise and fall of relationships into ten stages (pg. 283). In the film, The Breakup, Vaughn, who takes on the
When her mother dies, six-year-old Linda is sent to live with her mother's mistress, who treats her well and teaches her to read. After a few years, this mistress dies and bequeaths Linda to a relative. Her new masters are cruel and neglectful, and Dr. Flint, the father, soon begins pressuring Linda to have a sexual relationship with him. Linda has struggled against Flint's overtures for several years. He pressures and threatens her, and she defies and outwits him.
She always wanted to be the center of attention, she was prejudiced and believed things should stay the same, and she was very selfish. While she thinks she’s above everyone else, she feels that the world revolves around her.
In today’s society, isolation often becomes both a physical and emotional influence on an individual who does not experience any social interactions. These influences can lead individuals to develop a need to distract themselves from their boredom through temptation. In Sinclair Ross’s short story, “The Painted Door”, Ann overcomes her isolation through her infidelity which ultimately cost her, her marriage. Ross develops the idea that isolation is crucial because internal conflicts and desires create temptation resulting in infidelity.
For my final essay, I have chosen the movie “Fatal Attraction”, and I will focus on Alex Forrest and her mental disorder. Borderline Personality was displayed in the movie and Alex had almost every symptom of this disorder. Throughout this essay, I will be discussing Alex’s characteristics, intelligence, motivation, stress, social influences and/ or personality theories, treatment, and if the depiction of the disorder and treatment is consistent with what was discussed and read in the course.
To sum up Erikson’s psychosocial stages, Intimacy vs. Isolation is present in adults eighteen and up, according to Erickson. When an adolescent begins to share things with someone they would not share with anyone else, they have successfully demonstrated open intimacy. DJ was able to become extremely intimate with her high school sweet heart Steve, and further depict Erickson’s Intimacy vs. isolation as they spoke of a long-term relationship together. The ability to achieve these relationships further demonstrates the secure attachment and ability to hold close
For example, she explains to the blind man in the tapes that she was cutting off people from her life and she tried to kill herself. However, her officer husband at the time finds her laying in the bathtub past out and calls the ambulance as a result from this she just got sick and threw up. A third important event that happens to the wife was when she gets a divorce from her military husband.
There are many examples throughout the play: Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller that reveals that Linda is the classic enabler who indirectly causes the dysfunction in the Loman household. Willy has problems with his memory, but Linda is always making excuses for Willy’s many mistakes. Making those kinds of excuses for someone’s mistakes is just as bad as the mistake itself. She could have tried and helped Willy get better, but instead she just brushed everything off and made it look like Willy’s behavior was normal.
After reviewing Erikson’s eight stages of life, I believe I am currently in the seventh stage. The seventh stage is known as the mature adulthood (generativity vs. stagnation (or self-absorption)). I am only 22 years old; however, I have completed stage six of young adulthood (intimacy vs. isolation). According to McAdams (2009), “In intimacy versus isolation, the young adult seeks to form long-term bonds with others, epitomized in marriage or long-term romantic commitments,” (p. 382). I have seized my identity and have found intimacy. The intimacy I have found has been characterized into marriage. Since my husband and I have high levels of identity, we were able to establish and maintain a stable relationship with one another.
isolation stage is between the ages of 19 to 40 and is very important to the relationships one will hold during these years. Erikson believed that it did not matter how successful one was financially, they are not truly complete developmentally until one is capable of true intimacy. People that have not successfully created a sense of identity will have a fear of commitment however, someone that has successfully developed a sense of self is able to form bonds and create successful relationships as an adult (Davis & Clifton, 95).
While looking at Erikson’s psychosocial theory, I can address this client multiple issues with the stages intimacy vs isolation and generativity vs stagnation. Since he is newly divorced, it can be stated that during young adulthood his intimacy issues began with his wife, which drove to the isolation feelings and divorce. He now has to begin
Love, Rosie is a romantic comedy film, which based on “ Where Rainbows End ” the international bestseller book by Cecelia Ahern. Christian Ditter, an American director of this film, he was talented for making romantic and comedy film and popular from Juno film which can change view point about teenager mom same as Love, Rosie because in this film has scene about pregnancy. This film is beginning in May 2013 in Toronto before moving to Dublin. Release date is on 17 October 2014 by Constantin Film. Running time is 102 minutes.