Dexter Explanation

     Dexter in the story started off as a very young boy who worked as a caddy at a golf course. There he met Miss Jones for the very first time. Judy Jones was a beautiful, young woman who came from a glittery family, but was also very cunning with her “preposterous smile” . Dexter was very

First it is necessary to understand the psychology of serial killer. Serial killers are either labeled as a psychopath or labeled as having anti-social personality disorder. A quality anti-personality disorder which Dexter has is “Being able to act witty and charming. (NIH.com)” Dexter is witty in the sense that he knows how to not get caught and he has found a way to fit into society without anyone suspecting him has a killer, Dexter is also charming and this is portrayed in the series since his boss at the Miami Police Department clearly has a crush on him. “Break the law repeatedly. (NIH.com)” is yet another characteristic, this is also shown in Dexter. When stalking his potential victims Dexter constantly breaks

Jewkes (2012: 103) explains that the age that youth are labelled as folk devils has decreased since the 1950’s and 1960’s, to the point where distinguishing the boundaries of youth and adolescence are ambiguous. It is not exactly clear when the show Dexter (2006) starts to develop Dexter’s inherent need to kill living things following the tragedy; however, in the first episode of the series, Dexter validates that he does not have ‘doli incapax’. This term refers to children between the ages of 10-14 who, according to English law, are incapable of guilt and cannot be held accountable unless the child knows their deviant actions are seriously wrong (Jewkes, 2012: 105). Dexter (2006) portrays young Dexter not to have doli incapax; this is evident when he talks to his step-father Harry and Dexter admits that killing is wrong and he should not do it because he clearly understands the consequences. Although Dexter was fairly young when he said this, it is established that he was capable of knowing right from wrong, making him accountable for violent acts as a

Later on Donnelly starts to talk about popular culture and its influences on the show. She says, “Popular culture thrives on explanation as a way of abating fears of violence and fears of Otherness” (Donnelly 21) which season seven and eight are all about. Dexter searches constantly for a real reason to explain why he is the way he is. He wants a better understanding of himself to make himself fit in. Morals have been developed to single out the abnormal and throughout his whole life Dexter was singled out. The consumers of the show can identify a killer as a monster, making the person less than human in our minds. Therefore if Dexter thought the same as us; killing a killer is the same as squishing a bug because both are lesser than humans and their lives do not make an impact on ours. Dexter realizes in season eight that he is an even worse monster that he believed himself to be.

Dexter and Judy meets due to Dexter´s caddy job at Lake Erminie, where Judy is the daughter of a high class family, while Dexter is a middle class. He immediately sees that “the spark, however, was perceptible” (Fitzgerald 2187), and he wants to become the man of her dreams. During the story Dexter´s returns as a man Judy wanted to eat dinner with, but it did not take long before we see the signs of her willingly talking about how she wants a man who is well-heeled, “he told me out of a clear blue sky that he was poor as a church-mouse” (Fitzgerald 2193). As the conversation flows Dexter starts talking about his own wealth, and Judy immediately shows interest for him, but it was not enough for her that he was wealthy.

The Dexter T.V. show is about a blood splatter pattern analyst for Miami Metro Police Department who also accompany of an undisclosed serial killer. Hunting down criminals who

Dexter Green is our main character throughout the story. Dexter is born in Keeble, a Minnesota village, but he later moves to Black Bear village, which is located 50 miles further north. He is the son of Black Bear village’s second best grocer and a Bohemian mother. Growing up in a middle class family, Dexter also works as a caddie in Sherry Island Golf Club, but unlike many of the caddies he has a reasonable life and is not poor like many of them. Dexter appears like an ambitious boy from the beginning, and with a work ethic beyond the usual for a 14 year old boy. One of his main goals in life is to advance and make a lot of money, which will elevate him up from the middle class that he has grown up in: “He wanted not association

Dexter Morgan is the protagonist of the show Dexter. Dexter plays the role of a serial killer who satisfies his compulsion to kill by hunting and disposing of criminals. Dexter lives a double life, all for the sake of continuing his life of killing and survival. The double life between his life and his sinister life demonstrates a conflict that many real-life serial killers deal with, and getting a look at what that might look like in a fictional depiction helps the viewer understand what a real-life serial killer lives like. According to the show, the creation of the serial killer within Dexter starts at a moment in his early life at just 3 years old when his mom was brutally murdered with a chainsaw in front of him and his brother.

Codes are another important aspect of this semiotic analysis. The main set of codes this episode deals with is between good and evil. These codes can also be viewed at times as paradigms because of the way the codes are setup. The idea of good versus evil is apparent in the battle Dexter wages against serial killers. Dexter sets out to kill those, such as the therapist, who are taking advantage of others, or who have actually murdered others as in previous episodes. This raises the question, might Dexter actually be a good person? Although he may only be murdering those who "deserve it," he is still committing one of the most gruesome crimes possible with no remorse. Dexter even describes

The author clearly portrayed that Dexter had lost his ultimate dream. It was gone! There was nothing left except for his amazing memories; reminiscences of a woman that he never truly had to begin with. He came to that realization in this instance, and frantically desired what he had lost, and what he never actually attained…

Dexter knows this and sets up a trap to incriminate Sgt. Doakes. He tricks Sgt. Doakes into assaulting him in front of their coworkers. After seeing this confrontation, the coworkers side with Dexter.

Edgar Allan Poe an American based writer well-recognized, even still today as being one of the greatest authors. He wrote many stories and poems like; “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Raven”. Poe uses four key, story elements to create his theme of “The Fall of the House of Usher”. The theme infact is undoubtedly, dread. The first, of the four key elements is setting.

Dexter idolizes those wealthy men and does everything possible to resemble rich men. For example, he asks the best tailor in America to make a suit for him. In sum, he becomes addicted to social prestige since he believes that happiness lies in it.

Dexter starts as a lower class and Judy starts as an upper class when they first interact. Expectations are assumed, such as the upper class sees the lower class as servants and the lower class sees upper class as ridiculous. When they meet in the middle, they conflict in their lower and upper classes. After Dexter leaves for college, Judy stays in the upper class and he slowly joins the upper class. When he comes back home, he and Judy interact and become friends. However, when Dexter realizes that Judy misuses him and treats him badly, he leaves her even though he loves her. Because he’s part of the upper class and is able to, Dexter goes to parties and clubs where he forgets about her and mingles with other high class members, eventually finding a fiancee named Irene Scheerer. Soon, Judy comes back looking for the Dexter, “I wish you’d marry me.” This is an example of collision between classes. Judy now recognizes how rich Dexter really is and wants him. After the war, Dexter is talking to a man named Delvin who mentions the wife of one of his friends, “‘Judy Simms,’ said Delvin with no particular interest; ‘Judy Jones she was once.’” Delvin mentions how he is sorry for her, which surprises Dexter. He is told Judy married into the lower class to a man who “drinks and runs around.” In Winter Dreams, the lower and upper class characters interact, meet, conflict, and soon split. Judy Jones and Dexter Green have

“[Masculinity/ femininity] refers to the extent to which a culture values aggressiveness, competitiveness, looking out for yourself, and dominating others and nature versus gentleness, cooperation, and taking care of others and living in harmony with the natural world.” (Wood) Toula is pressured to marry a nice greek man, while her brother is expected to marry a greek virgin but does not receive the same pressure. Gus also has some expectations of Nick to partake in masculine activities unlike Toula where he is accepting of Toula wanting to take “pottery classes.” Evidence of this is when Nick is trying to show Gus his drawings for the menu and Gus completely disregards his efforts, always responding with, “Where did you get this?” And when Nick says that he drew it, Gus responds with a grunt. “Long term/ short term orientation refers to the extent to which members of a culture think about long term (history and future) vs short term (present).” (Wood) “Individualistic cultures generally rely on low-context communication style, which is direct, explicit, and detailed.” (Wood) “Collectivist cultures typically rely on a high-context communication style, which is indirect and indetailed and which conveys meaning more implicitly than explicitly.” (Wood) Gus is very oriented around the future and therefore follows along with the principles of long term orientation. Even before his children have grown old enough to date, they are already taught that Greek women are to grow up