slaughter of all evil

Amara 2022-12-07 13:32:52

"I thought it was you."

Mary's slip of the tongue exposed the subconscious mind and the evil in human nature to the fullest, showing no mercy.

I'm here to admit, or repent, when the handle of the knife slammed down the stairs and poked deeper into the doctor's chest, and after the words "I thought it was you" came out of the mouth, there was a thrill that grew out of fear There was a wicked smile in my heart, just like Norman's.

The core of Psycho 2 has actually been completely transformed from Hitchcock, from the interpretation of the mother's hidden attachment and fear, to the revelation of the evil that can never be avoided in human nature. Name all those who have the slightest malice in the mother's name, and then kill them, either by themselves or with the help of others. Of course, the above sentence does not need a subject.

Stoker continues the killing of all evil, but reverses the position of women, retains women's sympathy for women, and leaves bad mothers behind, raising the possibility of patriarchal handover.

Such an ending is as high-spirited as the little note pinned to the capitalist's chest at the end of my revenge.

(Analysis of these female roles, or women as mothers, remains to be done)

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Psycho II quotes

  • Norman Bates: Just don't let them take me back to the institution, all right?

    Mary: [cradling Norman] Don't worry, Norman. I won't.

    Norman Bates: You smell good.

    Mary: I do?

    Norman Bates: Yeah.

    Mary: What do I smell like?

    Norman Bates: You smell like... like the toasted cheese sandwiches.

    Mary: What?

    Norman Bates: That my mother used to bring me when I was in bed with a temperature. She used to do lots of nice things for me before she went... before she became...

    Mary: Shh. Just remember the good things she did for you. Only the good things.

    Norman Bates: I can't. They're not there anymore.

    Mary: Of course they're there!

    Norman Bates: No, the doctors took them all away. Along with everything else.

    [crying]

    Norman Bates: Except... except those sandwiches.

  • Norman Bates: [on the phone] Mister Toomey, if this is you, you're sicker than I ever was.

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