Media Review the Black Swan Research Paper

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Her day's routine and life merely revolved around these characters that cause her to think or act differently. All of these characters have quite an influential pressure on her that the Nina eventually becomes an amalgamation of thoughts. Pretty soon she gives into the evil desires that she cannot distinguish reality from illusions.

Stone and Church (1989) have called adolescence a very vulnerable period. According to them, adolescence is full of continuous feeling of emotional volatility, rebelliousness and intense idealism. It is seen that adolescence needs to develop a tough inside full of security and confidence. Only if they are sure about themselves and their abilities, these adolescents will go on to take the different problems in life. Rebellion and intense idealism is quite prominent during this stage. The adolescent wants to do things and hopes to aspire activities that will make him or her better than everybody else. If the adolescent is not given independence, he or she attains through any means possible.

Thus all these assertions are quite apparent in the movie. We see that Nina is put through different tests and trials to gain personal independent and freedom.
She shows hesitation, rebelliousness and confusion to be the kind of person she wants to be. Her psychosocial development is has quite some insecurities in them which push her towards pursing the negative roles. Apart from development, the kind of environment she is in also gives stimulus for the bad side to come out. Even though there is no direct impact on alcohol or drugs, Nina does aspire to try them out. The night that she spends with Lily, she tries out drinking and drugs only because she wants to be like Lily.

Taking on a role for a stage show is not a difficult task but Nina experiences difficulties due to the closed container she had been kept in all her life. Her obsessions and compulsions therefore drive her towards the wrong activities and before she realizes it, she cannot take over her mind. She is empowered by the pressures around her and the emotions that she goes through......

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