Fictional portrayals of psychopaths
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| - | :To the creator of [[fiction|films as well as other forms of literature]], the [[dark]] side of human nature has often proved more rich and interesting than the [[light|bright]]. Films and books on the lives of saints have not been as popular as [[murder mystery|murder mysterie]]s and works of [[horror]]. While we may have no desire to experience them in our own lives, terrible deeds and evil people exert their [[perverse]] [[attraction]] on our psyches. We who consider ourselves [[morality|moral and upright]] are often fascinated by the behavior of the pitiless, merciless, and guiltless [[psychopath]]. Like a magnificent black panther: powerful, dangerous, and alien, the psychopathic character can have a dark, perfect beauty that [[love-hate relationship|simultaneously attracts and repels]] us. --[http://www.gordonbanks.com/gordon/pubs/kubricks.html Gordon Banks ] | ||
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| [[Psychopathy|Psychopaths]] in popular fiction and movies also have a fictionalized [[personality disorder]]. The fictional disorder has a number of characteristics, which are not necessarily as common among clinically [[diagnosis|diagnosed]] psychopaths. This requires [[critical thinking]] of a reader or viewer exploring the writer's or director's purpose in simpiified portrayals of psychopathy. In clinical practice there are a number of subtypes. The cinema psychopath, however, is drawn from a smorgasboard of types presumably to make an amusing [[villain]] who will appeal to readers, viewers or industry moguls, provide a satisfying [[catharsis]] but one unlikely to be found in a ward for the [[criminally insane]]. The fictional psychopath only exists for amusement or diversion and most likely is a mix of: | [[Psychopathy|Psychopaths]] in popular fiction and movies also have a fictionalized [[personality disorder]]. The fictional disorder has a number of characteristics, which are not necessarily as common among clinically [[diagnosis|diagnosed]] psychopaths. This requires [[critical thinking]] of a reader or viewer exploring the writer's or director's purpose in simpiified portrayals of psychopathy. In clinical practice there are a number of subtypes. The cinema psychopath, however, is drawn from a smorgasboard of types presumably to make an amusing [[villain]] who will appeal to readers, viewers or industry moguls, provide a satisfying [[catharsis]] but one unlikely to be found in a ward for the [[criminally insane]]. The fictional psychopath only exists for amusement or diversion and most likely is a mix of: | ||
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| + | *[http://www.gordonbanks.com/gordon/pubs/kubricks.html Kubrick's Psychopaths, Society and Human Nature in the Films of Stanley Kubrick by Gordon Banks]{{GFDL}} | ||
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Psychopaths in popular fiction and movies also have a fictionalized personality disorder. The fictional disorder has a number of characteristics, which are not necessarily as common among clinically diagnosed psychopaths. This requires critical thinking of a reader or viewer exploring the writer's or director's purpose in simpiified portrayals of psychopathy. In clinical practice there are a number of subtypes. The cinema psychopath, however, is drawn from a smorgasboard of types presumably to make an amusing villain who will appeal to readers, viewers or industry moguls, provide a satisfying catharsis but one unlikely to be found in a ward for the criminally insane. The fictional psychopath only exists for amusement or diversion and most likely is a mix of:
- High intelligence, and a preference for impulsive intellectual stimulation (music, fine art etc.)
- Prestige, status or a successful career or position
- A predatory, calculating, calm and controlling style
- Self-absorbed, deceptive and merciless in exploiting opportunies.
- Lack feelings of empathy. guilt and remorse.
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