Complexity of Emotion: Why Violence in the Media Must Remain Unregulated Media enables humans to express emotions and experiences unique to the species. No other creature thinks, understands, or feels at nearly the same level, and as such, they show what feelings they do have impulsively and without dignity. Writing and filmmaking allows humans to rise above all this, supporting a nonaggressive approach to conveying intense emotion. A writer recreates these emotions in a work by inventing an act of violence. Humans psychologically must be able to freely express whatever emotions they have, even violent ones, but some believe that fictitious violence in the media is insincere and should be more explicitly related to its potential consequences.…
Throughout the history of time, there have been many different types of serial killers and psychopaths. They have ranged in age, location, gender, religion, and upbringing. The great debate of nature vs nurture always arises when asked what caused the people to do it. Was it because of nature of the beast, or did the person have a traumatic up bringing? Nature vs nurture is not a black and white statement, it is a combination of both that makes the person do and act out the way they did.…
The mind of a so called monster could be an interesting feat to many. In one instance this could be a related to the Showtime TV network's, now concluded series, "Dexter." In the show, the protagonist is Dexter Morgan who is a forensic blood spatter analyst who works for the Miami Metro Police department. Dexter also has a side to him that consists of gruesomely killing other killers. Dexter had first recognized his urge to constantly kill at a pre-adolescent age.…
In Dexter the main character Dexter is a serial killer who was mentally damaged at a young age when he witnessed his mom being brutally murdered with a chainsaw. This causes him to not have any emotions, all he feels…
(Dutton, K 2012) In Dexter, it is to kill and keep killing. As shown in the series Dexters first signs of violent behaviour became parent in childhood; murdering the neighbourhood pets. The second declaration from Aristotle that Dexter’s character agrees with is the must to be nurtured. Dexter is not only nurtured by his father (Harry) but guided by him.…
The article explained the three main ideas such as how killers develop, how they act, and ways killers kill. Simon describes that killers become who they are because of mental illnesses or because of the environment they grew up in. According to the author, serial killers could have grown up in an abusive home, been isolated as a child, or bullied in school. The killer could also have an illness and psychopathy or sociopathy…
When we watch these shows we are filled with these fantasies of killings and torture, and once the show is over those fantasies stop. Serial killer’s fantasies continue. This leaves us with the questions, “How can we stop these fantasies and not kill?”, and “Why do they kill?” Murder has been dated back since the early 1400s.…
He isn’t able to open up to others about his illegal addictions, which forces him to turn inward. His shadow archetype is rather dark and secluded which is why he chooses a rather solitary career, spending as much time alone as possible, which is something he embraces wholly. The sapa-project.org confirms this. Dexter scores extremely low in sociability with a score of three out of nine. This low score on Sociability suggests that Dexter gets less enjoyment from interacting with people than most of his peers perhaps because he is somewhat uncomfortable around people who he doesn’t know well.…
Elizabeth Williams Ms. Blair English 4 2 April 2015 What causes serial killers to become what they are: Nature or nurture? There are many speculations of what makes a person do and be the things they are but it is not only nature or nurture it’s a combination of both. For a long time people have wondered what makes people act the way they do. People especially wonder about the people of the outcast of the society, the killers. People are fascinated of how these people can do the things they do.…
Intellect nor the imagination define a person’s reason for killing, rather the deeper things like socialization and childhood express the reasoning behind the gruesome murders (Ioana). Despite two-sided evidence and common perceptions, the more supported answer to the question is that serial killers are made. People are the most impressionable in their early stages of life. Children tend to mimic the actions of the people they are around (Langdon).…
In society, violence is pictured as a horrible thing, which is why advertisers do not use it. In a text called Society in Focus, they mention a researcher that said people who view violent movies or shows release their aggression while watching rather than performing the action themselves. People watch boxing or wrestling to see violence because it is a form of distracting the mind from what is irritating. In Las Vegas, a shooter was at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and open fire to a concert. The shooter was Stephen Paddock, and he was a multimillionaire who had a clean record.…
Dexter Morgan, age 42, blood splatter analyst for the L.A.P.D., hardworking, focused, and determined, a serial killer of serial killers. Wait, what? That’s right, a man seemingly just like you and me harbors a substantially large secret. But don’t all of us harbor secrets as well? Secrets that we don’t want anyone else to find out?…
Stone states that clichés of violence are typically associated with masculinity and that violence is used to instill fear. In many movies, violence is usually only used to instill fear. However, Tarantino’s use of violence does not follow the typical pattern, and he deheroicizes some violence in his movies. In Pulp Fiction, the use of violence is very casual in some scenes. This can also lessen the effect on the audience, allowing them to better cope with intense scenes.…
Violence in movies does have a negative effect on society because many children have seen or experienced violence, negative behaviors have increased, and kids have begun to mimic the violence they have seen, which has changed their mindset. It is petrifying how many teens have witnessed or seen violent acts. In fact, a study published by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry states “The typical American child will view more than 200,000 acts of violence, including 16,000 murders, before age 18” (Violence 2). This suggests that almost every child living in America will have seen tens of thousands of violence before half of their lifetime is up.…
“Viewers learn the aggressive attitudes, and behaviors depicted in the programs they see” (Wartella 3). In one fourth of television violence a gun is used, and seeing those weapons can activate aggressive thoughts in the viewers (Wartella 4). “Prolonged viewing of media violence can lead to emotional desensitization toward real violence, and victims, which may result in callous attitudes and a decreased likelihood that desensitized individuals will take action to help victims when real violence occurs” (Wartella 3). Some violence has humor added to it, so the violence isn’t as real. Which is bad because someone might not be as affected by a crime (Wartella 4).…