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Black Swan and Abnormal psychology Last document update:   ago

Darren Aronofsky’s film, Black Swan, features a ballet dancer who has transformed from a controlled, innocent, perfect White Swan to an impulsive, seductive, and agitated Black Swan during the film. The film articulates Nina Sayer (Natalie Portman) as a ballet dancer who desires to become a successful leading dancer in the competitive world of ballet. Nina displays a number of symptoms that could be diagnosed with different disorders. In this paper, Nina’s abnormal behavior will be exami...