Shiutter Island

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Edward (Teddy) Daniels also known as Andrew Laeddis, the main character in the psychological thriller, Shutter Island, suffers from an extreme form of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Andrew Laeddis was in War World II and developed PTSD soon after he got home. Andrew is both an alcoholic and a workaholic, this is shown in the movie when he comes home late in the day and as soon as he comes home he opens a cupboard and there are bottles of wine and he takes one out and downs a glass of it in a second. Andrew is a US Marshall, same as his alter ego Teddy. When Andrew is being Andrew, he feels culpability, remorse, and miserable. As Teddy, he feels like he has responsibilities to fulfill and will do anything to do them. His relationships include his wife, Doctor Sheehan/Chuck his partner, and Doctor Cawley. The relationship between him and his wife is difficult to describe since we only see her in his nightmares. But in his nightmares he misses her and always sees her soaking wet and asks “Baby why are all wet?” He wants to be near her and wants her back in his life but that cannot happen. His relationship with Chuck/Sheehan is complicated since we only see them interact as Chuck and Teddy. But Teddy has respect for Chuck even though he is a younger Marshall and is new to this type of investigation. They act like they have been known each other for o long time and get along well professional. His relationship with Dr. Cawley is strained. In one scene Teddy wants to interview the nurses and some of the patients and the Doctor says that he will try his best to get them but can’t promise anything and Teddy gets angry at him and starts yelling. Most of his relationships are normal, he gets mad when it’s appropriate and talks normall... ... middle of paper ... ...on Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month.”(DSM-IV-TR) Teddy has had these symptoms for at least two years, he has been on Shutter Island since 1952 and the epic role playing game he is in is in 1954. Other symptoms include substance abuse, as said earlier; he comes home and drinks a glass of wine right away. In the cupboard there are at least five other bottles ready for him. His relationship with his wife has been strained because of her mental illness, bipolar. Then when he finds out she drowned the kids he tries to save them but cannot. So he shoots his wife while saying he loves her. This entire trauma, added onto the trauma from the war made him crack. He lost it; he disappeared and became someone else, a better person, and hid Andrew Laeddis away so he wouldn’t have to feel guilty anymore. He could start new.

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