The concept of this essay is to review which theory best fits my fictional character, Norman Bates, after the readings of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, and Melanie Klein. For this reason, the fictional character Norman Bates, from a Hitchcock film will be used. Norman has many Freudian (Sigmund) aspects. I will give a biography and explain how several of Freud's theories apply to Norman Bates for a better understanding of my character.
Biography.
Norman Bates is a Caucasian male born August 1934 in Fairvale, California, by Norma and Sam Bates. He has one brother/cousin. Norman was six his father passed away, leaving him, his brother/cousin and Norma. Following his death Norma formed a very special bond with Norman. His mother was a very controlling and scheming woman who did not allow Norman to have any social life. She was deeply religious and paranoid. From an early age, Norman was taught sex was a sin and that women, besides his mother, were whores. On several occasions throughout his puberty years, she would sexually arouse him on purpose, and then punish or shame his afterward. .
Years later, Norman and Norma moved to another house that had three stories and had a motel in front that they would run together. As a hobby, Norman took up taxidermy due to still not engaged in social life outside. In Norman's young adult years, his mom became romantically involved. The boyfriend was rude, egotistical, and talk about Norma and his sex life, repeatedly teased Norman about his relationship with his mother. In addition, Norman's mom told him on several occasions that she wished she would not have him, and he was a mistake, leaving Norman to feel unwanted. Over time, Norman became very jealous of her boyfriend and killed both his mother and him with arsenic. Norman did keep his mother's body, embalmed it in the basement, and sit her in a rocking chair in her room because of the love he had and not wanting to let her go.
