Everyone knows their fair share of “mama’s boys” right? Get this, ever met one who still lets their mother bathe them? Oswald Cobblepot is the sinister villain in the Tv show Gotham where he does what has to be done to get to the top. Norman Bates of the movie Psycho is a seemingly harmless manager of his mother’s motel who has a rather dark side. Oswald and Norman are far from your normal share of grown men. Although both characters stories structure and settings do not actually correlate to one another, the behaviour of the two personalities and relationships with mothers are very alike. Similarly both have closer than average unhealthy relationships with their mother. Also, both share a mental problem of being flat of crazy. Through the …show more content…
Growing up, young Norman was a hermit who stayed to himself and only his loving mother. In a scene of the movie he says, “A boy’s bestfriend is his mother” (Psycho 1). Along with that, jealousy towards attention from outsiders went both ways. His mother did not want him to have dinner with a female guest and became enraged by it. Like Norman, Oswald shares a very similar relationship with his mother. The two share a rather jealous and controlling bond. Oswald mother tells him, “you can trust no one, no one but your mother” (Gotham 1). When Oswald goes away for an extended amount of time, the first thought his mother has is that he has gotten caught with some female. Both Norman and Oswald share a more than motherly love relationship with their mother that can even be seen on the surface …show more content…
In Psycho, when Norman is talking with Marion Crane she suggests that Norman put his mother in a home he snaps. No one talks about mother. He says, “We all go a little crazy sometimes. (Welch 1). When mother, actually Norman, kills the woman it is used with a long blade. Compared to Norman, Oswald shares the same breaking point. In a scene from Gotham, “However, one heckler insults Gertard, {his mother}, leading to Oswald to dispose of him” (Wikia 1). No one talks about mother. Again, after Oswald’s mother is killed right in front of him he slashes her killer's throat with a blade. When a talking about a touchy subject, they bring the knives
Bo provides comfort for his mom Ellen when she see’s Bo is doing well even though he had a abhorrent past. Ellen states that “I wasn’t responsible for what he did to you. I was responsible for what I didn’t do” (Crutcher 182). This quote states that Ellen didn’t take action when Bo was getting yelled at by Lucas. After Bo decides the meet with his mother, she is blissful when she see’s Bo is doing well living by himself. Bo also encountered a huge conflict near the beginning of the novel. Bo states that he had to close the door 10 times quietly when he got in trouble. Bo started to hate his dad because he was always strict on him. Bo finds his way in the novel when starts to find out why Lucas was so hard on him as a child. Bo states that “I’ve always loved how you never told be the answer, or took the tools away and did it yourself when I screwed up. You have patience when it comes to letting me learn things” (Crutcher 74). This quote states that when Bo screwed up his dad didn’t help him because he wanted him to learn on his own. Lucas let Bo find his own way. As Bo encounters these comforts and conflicts most of them relate to a social
Through the use of irony, mis en scene and recurring symbols, Hitchcock has reinforced the fundamental idea of duality throughout his film, Psycho. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960’s American psychological horror thriller, was one of the most awarded films of its time, proposing contrasting connections between characters, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, and cinematic/film techniques to develop this idea. Irony identifies contrasts between the dual personalities of Marion Crane and Norman Bates, often foreshadowing the future events of the film. Mis en scene is particularly influential to enforcing the idea of duality, evidently shown through the music and diegetic sounds used. The recurring symbols including the mirrors and specifically the birds, underpin a representation of the character’s dual personalities. Hitchcock’s use of devices reinforces the dual personalities of characters Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh.
Chelsea, the daughter of Ethel and Norman, is at a very difficult stage in her life. She has divorced already and is back in the dating game, this time her partner is a dentist named Bill who has a 13 year old son, Billy. Billy stays with her parents while her and Bill travel around Europe, and elope in Brussels, consequently causing her boyfriend’s son to become her step son. Step parent/step children families are becoming increasingly commonplace now. Divorce and remarriage rates are higher now than ever in the past, and with that comes a rise in the blended family. The relationship between Billy and his step mother, Chelsea, seems quite amiable. Though she is an adult now, her father’s acceptance is something that Chelsea has always craved. After returning from Europe, much to her delight and dismay, she learns of how well Billy and her father got on while she was away, despite the initial
is true, because all of the terror and surprise in the film is due to
Facts: Norman Bates is getting treated for depression and occasional psychotic episodes by Dr. Joe. Norman Bates has a roommate named Marshal Mathers, who has a sister named Cindy who regularly comes over to the apartment. Norman Bates revel to Dr. Joe that God told him to kill Cindy. Dr. Joe calls police for Cindy safety. The police meet Norman who appeared to be rational, and no action was taking. Dr. Joe and Norman Bates session were no discontinued. Dr. Joe did nothing more about the dream Norman had. Cindy dies month later by Norman who told the police that god told him. Cindy’s parents filed an action against Dr. Joe based on negligence.
Raymond has been observed slapping at his mother yelling, I hate you while trying to run out of the shelter. Raymond also appears to withdraw at times, sitting alone in a corner, rocking back and forth, indicative of trauma. At time Raymond has informed shelter staff that his father is not a nice person and has done stuff to him; however, will not elaborate on what things were done. Sometimes, Raymond’s mother ignores behavior as just being that of normal boy behavior. Culture plays a role in excusing Raymond’s behavior, being that he is the only male in the home he is expected to act as the man in the home. In fact, Raymond has been heard telling his sisters they are punished and go to bed when they don’t listen to him which Mrs. Ruben in turn makes the sisters obey. (Broderick, & Blewitt, p. 15). Mrs. Ruben also continues to struggle with addiction resulting in times of ambivalence towards Raymond. Raymond struggles with attachment towards mother, not wanting her to leave his side and at other times not wanting her near him (Broderick, & Blewitt, p. 11).
In Hitchcock’s film Psycho (1960) the entry of the plumb businessman Cassidy (Frank Albertson) can be compared to Hitchcock the businessman and this can be taken as a joke on the culture ie the consumer culture which Hitchcock lets the viewers to enjoy at his expense (Erb 59). Cassidy has purchased the Harris Street property as a wedding gift for his daughter and he paid $40,000 to the realtor Mr. George Lowery (Vaughn Taylor). He flirted with Marion (Janet Leigh) in at the real estate office and later executes a private investigator Milton Arbogast (Martin Balsam) to trace her when she steals the money. First part of Psycho revolves around terms of production and reproduction: Sex on lunch hour; office labour; a house as a wedding gift; a fast-talking car salesman
Mothers tend to place a much firmer hand on their sons hoping that if they hold on tight enough that they will never leave. And when they start to date mothers become shadows in a young man’s life. Many mother have an almost psychic symbiosis having to keep their sons in a safety net forever. One mothers quote saying “she wants to throw her arms around he...
In Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Psycho, he uses the symbolism of eyes and birds to manipulate the audience’s emotion and to create suspense throughout the film. The mis-en- scene of the scene where Marion and Norman are talking while she eats dinner in his parlor demonstrates this statement farther. She is surrounded by two birds and a table in front of her to hint how she is now trapped by Bates’s mother and won’t be able to leave the motel. During the same scene, the birds that are placed in the room powerfully represent the two characters. An example is the owl that is mounted on the wall above Bates, while a small song bird and crow are near Crane. The owl symbolizes his mother’s watchful eyes and how she disoriented her son’s mind. The small songbird represents Crane’s vulnerability and helplessness compared to the large owl. The song bird like Crane is unaware that Norman’s mother, the owl, is out ...
Norman Bates was an American serial killer and keeper of The Bates Motel in California. Bates suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder and psychotic behavior, believing himself to be controlled by his mother. At the same time, he suffered from visual and auditory hallucinations, in which his mother apparently talked him into committing acts of violence to satisfy her. When his mother’s personality took over, Norman would fly into murderous rages targeting women who aroused him. He is known to have eventually killed his mother and kept her mummified corpse in the basement of his house for many years. He is the primary antagonist of the 1960 film, Psycho and appears as the anti-hero/protagonist villain. Lastly, Norman 's incestuous relationship
... mother all along. Unluckily, both are unable to savour the moment. Overall, the mother and son relationship change throughout the play.
The social structure of George Orwell’s 1984 is based on Freud’s map of the mind and the struggles between the id, the ego and the super ego. The minds of these individuals living in this society are trained to think a certain way. Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis can be applied to Orwell’s 1984. Using Freud’s psychoanalytic approach, 1984’s main character Winston Smith is portrayed as the one who goes against the ideas of the Party. In a Freudian point of view, Winston’s character represents a mind where the id is the driving force and where the ego and superego are ill developed in the views of the Party. Freud describes the psychoanalytic process as something that is normally used to treat patients with metal disorders, and in the eyes of the party, Winston is seen as one that has a mental disorder. The procedure that Winston undergoes directly parallels Freud’s psychoanalytic process.
Overall, the viewer can tell that Norman Bates is actually his murderous mother and more boyish than manly which contrasts with Marion’s personality through the use of the dialogue and the composition along with the props of the stuffed birds.
Norman’s mind housed two personalities, his and his mother’s. After his father had died, Norman and his mother had lived “as if there was no one else in the world.” A few years later, Norman’s mother met a man that she planned to marry. Driven with jealousy, Norman murdered both the man and his mother because he had felt replaced. The guilt ate him up and caused him to pretend that his mother was still alive. In order to do this, half of him became his mother. Just as Norman was jealous of any man who came near his mother, the mother half of Norman was also jealous of anyone that aroused Norman himself. Therefore, when Marion came to stay at the Bates Motel, owned by Norman, he was attracted to her, and his attraction spurred the mother half of him to become jealous and murder Marion. Sometimes Norman would dress up as his mother when reality came too close and threatened his illusion. Since his mind was housing two personalities, there was a battle, and eventually his mother won and completely took over Norman. Norman was gone, and his mother has fully taken over (Psycho). The viewers realize that Norman Bates never meant to hurt anyone. It was his jealous emotions stemming from his mother that caused him to murder Marion. In Norman’s case, his mental illness was to blame for his vile crime. Through this portrayal, the viewers are more likely to view mental illnesses negatively. Because Norman’s
Jack 's mother, Ma, helps him develop his intellectual skills in "Room". They often played made up educational games one of which is " 'Parrot,