Psychological Analysis of Black Swan

Professor Fisher, in 2004, said that color affects human beings in many ways, on both the conscious and subconscious levels, every day of our lives. As Professor Fisher stated, color affects us so many times a day, that often times we don’t even realized it’s happening. Think about all the things you have done today, that in someway involved color. For example, think of a stoplight and what each color on it means; without those colors we would not have the technology of a stoplight and therefore our everyday driving wouldn’t be quite as easy.

It is universally known that dreams are full of meanings and emotions. In Freud’s theory, all dreams are wish fulfillments or at least attempts at wish fulfillment. The dreams are usually presented in an unrecognizable form because the wishes are repressed. Freud proposes there are two levels in the structure of dreams, the manifest contents and the latent dream-thoughts. The manifest dream, a dream

Various proposed color recommendations for health care institutions have been created with hypotheses that certain colors affect a patient’s healing and recovery. Research has been conducted that illuminates the influence of color on mood, behavior, physiological and psychological function, illness recovery, and overall health (Rubert, Long & Hutchinson, n.d.). Therefore, does environmental color positively affect a patient’s recovery and healing? How does color affect the length of stay in a hospital? Do certain colors lower anxiety or affect a patient’s perceived pain level? These questions are part of a qualitative statistical analysis that addresses if certain colors positively affect the patient’s overall healing

It shows her other girls’ hatred of Andy. It provides her with hope and tells her she’s not alone. It makes her realize Andy is a predator who hurt many women before her and didn’t target her because she was stupid or because she deserved to be targeted. This feeling of freedom is evident by her thoughts of being like a bird (Andersen 186) as she escapes from a large

People in the real world have huge abilities past what is thought to be conceivable, and the ability to take advantage of one’s greatest potential originates from his/her identity. Throughout a person’s life, it is important to find what defines him/her and figure out how he/she can gain more independence and self-sufficiency as a human being. An overcoming and conquering tone is created throughout the novel to portray the main character’s “awakening” during her life and to show that life is hard at times, but can be regained as she unleashes her inner self. In The Awakening, author Kate Chopin uses revealing details and figurative diction to establish a triumphant tone when discussing Edna and her capability to gain her own individuality,

In order to understand Natalie's lack of growth, one must contemplate perfection from a psychological viewpoint. Immersion in perfection cultivates an unhealthy mentality; specifically, Natalie's belief that her family can

Connie and I have an extraordinary amount of stuff in common. The way that she was compared with her more settled sister really hit home for me, which helped me relate more to the story. I was always compared to both my siblings, by my parent, teachers, and close relatives. I was encouraged to not standup for myself at school and to let stuff everything go as my sister did. Being contrasted with them at that time made me contend with my mother and carry on as Connie did, with her contending with her mother and not letting her know her whereabouts. I used to walk around always focused over how I looked also. I did this for different reasons than Connie, but I can still see myself in her. I was always focused on how I looked, because I was continually singled out for barely noticeable subtle things like little hairs standing up or for having wavy hair when I permed my hair. She was looking at herself persistently to look how pretty she was. Even though, I wasn't ever considered the pretty one, I still tried to look my best at all times. I can say that I would dress differently at home than at school as Connie did. Connie and I both were trying to draw more attention to ourselves. In the story this made her enter a dreamlike state and was she was forced to recognize what she was doing and how it could antagonistically impact her. She dreamt of man heading coming to her home, trying to get her to come out so he could rape her. I was not given that decision in my child hood. Nonetheless, I didn't get attacked either. I was seen as she may have been, as a "basic" individual, nevertheless, I was not sexually changing or achieved. I was amazingly surprised to analyze this story, and it be so much alike the story of how my teen years. I am to a very happy that she came to peace with herself at the end and seen everything as what it was and not just a fantasy. I just wish

Everyone in the world has had at least one dream in their lifetime. Most people do not think much about the dreams that they have, unless they are recurring. Dreaming is “a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during REM sleep.” Most people today wake up from a dream or nightmare saying, “thank god that was a dream,” or “too bad that was just a dream.” Many times these dreams or nightmares have more meaning than we may think. If people took more time to consider the meaning behind the dreams they have, then dream interpretation could be used as a means to help resolve issues in our awaken lives, including helping to

The past few sections of last week’s reading of Lucky’s Dream have provided us with the back story to each of the main characters, except for Jimmy. It is in this week’s reading that we finally are exposed to the past that has haunted him for the last 30-years. Between Odysea, Lucky, Diane, and Jimmy, their histories are entangled with devastation, physical and mental abuse, abandonment, drug use, etc. In an attempt to understand their actions taken throughout life, there are many psychological theories that can assist in providing a basis for that understanding.

The biological processes of colour perception which happen in the brain are innate and contribute towards the way in which individuals view colour. Cones and rods work together in order to create the colour that is perceived. The psychological processes are related to the way each individual person perceives colour, and thus may be different to the next. Colour perception is different for everyone, something that is light blue to one person, may be light green to another person. Both the biological and psychological processes work together. A range of processes will be discussed throughout this essay and will demonstrate differences in the

In this scene, Nina is the main focus. With her mother Erica in the background throughout, no matter if you can see her or not. Her voice and non- diegetic music is added to show how her mother embodies Nina. With the use of sound as Erica pushes on the locked door, there is light music that would put you to sleep. This calms the audience to portray that Erica is a caring, loving mother. When Nina’s mother becomes more invasive towards Nina the musical background intensifies. This also intensifies when Nina traps herself. The director uses non- diegetic music to identify when Nina is trapped physically and more importantly mentally. She confines herself away from her mother and mental illness. Nina’s reaction to her mother is the usual response to help and personal mental health “go away.” This demonstrates Darren Aronofsky 's way he wanted to depict women to mental health and relationships. The audience is able to grasp on mental health that is not being supported. Which consequently portray how relationships need to fight for help with individuals that have mental health issues. Darren Aronofsky represent women in a way that women in society react to their mental health and chose not to get help. He shows how people outside react to the characters mental health from an inside perspective. From the non-diegetic music, we are able to communicate the levels of mental health and how two

In the beginning of the film, Nina was depicted as an average, normal person living in New York that yet lacked the freedom to express herself as a sexually free, young woman due to her mother’s controlling behavior. When she wins the coveted Swan Queen role, the feeling of immense pressure that comes with the role causes Nina to lose her tenuous grip on reality and descend into a living nightmare. For example, she experiences symptoms such as interpreting normal behavior from Lily as an attack because of Nina’s jealousy toward Lily’s effortless embodiment of the Black Swan (Schacter, Gilbert, Wegner, & Nock, 2014). Nina’s attention to negative behavior to Lily is a result of her own imagination – she starts conceiving events that did not happen such as a lesbian fling with Lily and her constant attempts to sabotage Nina’s ability to perform as the Swan Queen. In addition, she suffers through hallucinatory episodes that involve bodily horror, such as her skin tearing off her body and the appearance of an evil twin, every time she reaches a step closer to her full transformation of the Swan Queen.

Nina’s sub-personality seems to be the complete opposite of Nina herself. The sub-personality displays confidence, lustfulness, and deceitfulness. She has also attempted to hurt Nina through self-mutilating while in control.

Black Swan and Whiplash both feature intense practice sequences that build upon the narrative of obsessing over a craft. This intense and obsessive practice leads up to the conclusion of the films; where each character gives their absolute best performance. Nina’s final transformation into an impure and sinful character is completed when she grows black wings and slams her mother’s hand in her door. During the performance, Nina gets into an altercation with herself and stabs herself in the pure White Swan costume. Andrew transforms into “one of the greats” as he is embarrassed by Fletcher on stage. They both have their careers riding on their performances. They both fail to begin with; Andrew not knowing the chart the rest of the band is playing and Nina falling during act I of Swan Lake. Yet their greatness is proven when they give the final goodbye to their parental figures and former youth. Andrew runs off stage, hugs his dad and his former reality, as he knows his life will never be what it once was. Nina exchanges eye contact with her crying mother as she looks proudly onto her daughter dancing like she never could.

Black Swan is a psycho thriller film that narrates the life of a ballerina called Nina Sayers (played by Natalie Portman). She is a young, ambitious dancer working for a prestigious NYC ballet company. According to the movie, she was around twenty-some year old when the story begins. Even though the main point of the movie is how bad Nina wanted the lead role for a theater production called Swan Lake, the dark drama around the movie is built by the psychological illness of its protagonist. Nina’s disordered relationship with her roommate/mother Erica, played by Barbara Hershey, sets the stage for Nina’s psychological breakdown. In the movie, the role that Nina always wanted requires her to play both the black and white swans. Her innocent, almost child-like personality makes her a perfect hite swan; however, she was having trouble getting into the character of the white swan’s dark and seductive counterpart. This film brilliantly captures the brutal physical and emotional demands that ballerinas face in their short-lived career span.