âI Canât even Hate Batesâ: Sufferance, Guilt and Strategies of Victimization in Psycho

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848884076_008

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This chapter proposes a discussion on monstrosity and the economy of guilt in the 1960 movie Psycho, Alfred Hitchcockâs chef d'oeuvre, based on the homonymous novel by Robert Bloch. The film stands as a seminal work whose cultural and artistic relevance not only stood the test of time, but also seems to be constantly inviting revisions and re-imaginings. Among these, the 2013 television series Bates Motel stands out as a prequel that intends to offer the viewer an in-depth look into the original charactersâ lives years before the events of Bloch's novel and its subsequent cinematic rendering. PsychoÂ´s simple yet powerful plot introduces the reader/viewer to Norman Bates, a man who sees himself entrapped in a claustrophobic existence, haunted by the looming presence of his dominating mother, whose constant abuse deprived Norman, since his childhood, of any sense of self-confidence, social aptitude and filial autonomy. Often read as a work drenched in Jungian archetypes, Psycho can alternatively be seen as an archetype itself. Its subversive narrative, challenging our linear and nonsynchronous understanding of the mystery/horror genre plot evolution, lead to a paradigm shift that forever changed our perception of monstrosity. By presenting Norman as a regular all-American guy, Psycho redefined the monster as seemingly harmless and entirely human. The monster was no longer the Other, but ourselves â just as the fear of death became the fear of the mind. Psycho made us realize that worse than dying was living in a world where one could no longer discern the blurred lines that separate sanity from madness. Using Sigmund Freud's analysis of consciousness of guilt, social anxiety and the relocation of the parental authoritative voice to the super-ego, this chapter examines how the perpetrator can become the victim and investigates recent reappraisals of Norman as a tragic figure searching for individuation.

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Monstrous Reflection

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Print-Publikationsdatum:: 01 Jan 2014

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âI Canât even Hate Batesâ: Sufferance, Guilt and Strategies of Victimization in Psycho