Summary Of The Episode 'Remains To Be Seen'

“I can kill a man, dismember his body, and be home in time for Letterman. But knowing what to say when my girlfriend's feeling insecure... I'm totally lost”-Dexter Morgan (Hall, 2007). Dexter Morgan is a fictional serial killer from Showtime’s series “Dexter”, but the writers and actors have portrayed a real life serial killer. Manuel Prado is the real Dexter Morgan. Prado was a Miami cop who started with smaller crime and worked his way up to becoming a serial killer. ”Prosecutor David Waksman told the Miami Herald: "He was very cold. He was doing robberies and went home and slept like a baby. He was proud of what he did."” (International, 2012) Real life serial killers do not have any empathy. They kill their victims and then return to

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

Shunning and ignoring mental health patients comes under the umbrella of stigmatization. Recent interpretations of the term stigma have become somewhat confused and, at times, blur with those of social exclusion and discrimination (Jorm & Oh, 2009). To attempt to clarify the meaning of stigma, Goffman's seminal work is very useful. Goffman's (1963) monograph contributes to the potential lack of clarity by stating that stigma involves a combination of personal attributes and social stereotypes related to societal access to and endorsement of well-known "unacceptable" or "inferior" human characteristics. Technically therefore, a person may not be mentally ill, but others may attribute this condition to her or him, draw on entrenched stereotypes, and interact with the person in a manner arising from the observers'

Dexter Morgan is the main character in the T.V show "Dexter" He is a blood splatter analyst and a forensic tech for the Miami metro police department, but on the side of solving murders, he also creates a few of his own. Dexter is a serial killer but not like the typical one, he only goes after certain kinds of people. When he was only three years old he witnessed his mothers murder and was found at the crime scene of a homicide detective Harry Morgan, who would later become is his adoptive father, Harry, noticed he was different a few years prior to taking him in and took him to see a doctor and that is when Dexter was diagnosed as a psychopath. Right after that Harry started to take Dexter hunting and allowed him to release some anger via killing animals because Harry feared if he allowed Dexter to bottle up his emotions then he would start killing people.

“Social stigma is defined as the censure of, or dissatisfaction with, a person due to a

After season one, I am ready to proclaim, Dexter is the best television show currently on Netflix. Dexter Morgan, is the main character, played by Michael C. Hall, accompanied by Jennifer Carpenter who plays Debra Morgan, his somewhat moody little sister. He is a sociopath, a character with no human emotions, inner moral compass, and he has a devouring hunger towards blood which drives him to kill. He is a blood splatter expert who does not just solve murders; he commits them too. But he had the luck to be adopted by a police officer who understands and accepts him. We see his father in flashbacks, teaching him a moral code, which he strictly follows on an intellectual level. He was taught as a child to follow this moral code, in order to blend

Stigmas come in two different types: public and self. A public stigma is the reaction that the general public has to people with invisible disabilities (Corrigan and Watson 16-17). On the other hand, self-stigma is the prejudice which people with invisible disabilities turn against themselves. Both types of stigma can have a significantly negative impact on someone who suffers from an invisible disability. Public stigma reinforces stereotypes and prejudice misattributed to invisible disabilities and self-stigma stems from widely known public stigma, leading to a negative outlook in regards to having an invisible disability. The visibility of a potentially stigmatizing identity— such as schizotypal personality disorder— has been suggested to be the primary feature that causes those with invisible disabilities to

On the other hand, Dexter also had positive impacts on society. The show allowed its audience to be able to understand more on why people are violent by giving insight on the mind of Dexter. By being able to see what Dexter feels and thinks it educates audience on how a psychopath thinks. In the show Dexter has trouble fitting into society because, “unlike most characters on television, Dexter is unable to feel raw emotion or make any kind of emotional bond. He is completely apathetic and as a result, most of his problems come from dealing with drama on the outside world, rather than internally”(hubpage.com). What differentiates psychopaths from typical people is the fact that they are unable to feel. Besides, while psychoanalyzing the identity

In chapter one of Stigma, Goffman describes different definitions of the term stigma. For example in the very beginning of the book he describes how early Greeks used the term stigma. He describes how the Greeks would refer stigma to body markings of different individuals to show how they were deviant and socially unacceptable in their society at that time. Goffman then describes how in later Christianity the word stigma and body markings meant a spiritual symbol or a symbol for a physical disorder. Throughout chapter one Goffman identifies three different types of stigma; body which can be described as physical, character which is described as internal or personal, and tribal stigma which could be consider social or even cultural. After identifying these three different stigmas, Goffman then describes how there

Stigma has been said to be “a feeling of being negatively differentiated owing to a particular condition, group membership or state in life”(Arboleda-Florez & Stuart, 2012, p. 458). There are typically two types of mental illness stigma that are discussed. Public stigma, also known as societal stigma, is the stigma associated with the prejudicial attitudes the public holds towards those people who suffer from mental illness (Arboleda-Florez & Stuart, 2012; Corrigan, Markowitz, Watson, Rowan & Kubiak, 2003). Self-stigma, also known as internalized stigma, is the loss of self-esteem, withdrawal, and personal shame that some with mental illness will experience. Self-stigma is usually developed when those who suffer from mental illness associate the negative stereotypes the public holds with themselves (Chronister, Chou, & Lieo, 2013; Corrigan et al., 2003).

Stigma can be defined as a mark of shame or ignominy that sets individuals apart from others. Goffman notes “Society establishes the means of categorizing persons and the complement of attributes felt to be ordinary and natural for members of each of these categories”. (Goffman) Given, when a person is labeled by said illness, disorder, or deviancy they are seen as a part of a stereotyped group and as a result are stigmatized by the “normals”. Moreover, the routines of social interactions in society allow us to create normative expectations and demands for the way ones in said society are expected to

Goffman felt that there was already good work done on the topic of stigma. However, he wanted to discuss the previous works and his own ideas regarding stigma. Writing Stigma Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity provided him a place to discuss his ideas regarding prior work on stigma, and to give his spin on it.

A Critical Review of Erving Goffman’s Stigma In his preface Goffman states his intentions to use ‘popular work’ on stigma as a basis for his own review and expansion within his preoccupation of ‘social information,’ the information an individual directly conveys about himself. The book opens with a letter to a “lonelyhearts” column from a girl born without a nose which concludes ‘Ought I commit suicide?’ This sets the tone for a book which aims to be a comprehensive and illuminating excursion into the situation of persons who are unable to conform to standards that society calls “normal.”

The idea of stigma and what it is like to be a stigmatized person was conducted by sociologist Erving Goffman. He analyzed how stigmatized individuals feel about themselves and their relationships with people that are considered “normal”. Stigmatized individuals are people who are not socially accepted and are constantly eager to alter their social identifies: physically deformed people, mentally ill patients, drug addicts, homosexuals, etc.

First off, Dexter has a certain way of killing people. He goes by a set of codes which is designed to prevent any mistakes. He goes after people who “deserve it” like actual serial killers or criminals. The code is made up of simple rules: don’t kill innocent people, don’t get caught, and don’t get emotionally involved. Dexter does get emotionally involved in most of his killings. A former sniper in the Marines who murdered three innocent children before being discharged is an example of this. He was one of Dexter's earlier kills and was also the one that inspired Dexter to make trophies out of blood slides. Dexter’s certain way of killing shows how he is devoted to killing.