Dexter Morgan

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. He calls this urge within him "The Dark Passenger.” He channels his urge by killing these other murders to protect his friends and family but, if the public were to find out about this, he would be monsterized in society. As viewers we root for Dexter to kill these other killers…

Our favorite serial killer is awkwardly witty and charming in a way that can’t be explained. He’s the person we all cheered for and never wanted to get caught. Dexter Morgan is forensic analyst specializing in blood splatter for the Miami Metro Police Department. He was adopted by a popular and well decorated police officer named Harry Morgan and his wife who already had a daughter named Debra Morgan. When Harry was raising Dexter, he realized that he was different from the other children. Once…

Dexter Morgan is a 35-year-old white male who has been imprisoned for the murder of 125 individuals. He was recently employed by Miami metro police department as a blood splatter analyst. Mr. Morgan has very few friends, married to Rita Harrison, who has two younger children, and an adoptive sister, Deborah. The correctional institute recommended Mr. Morgan to see a mental health professional. Mr. Morgan is of medium height and weight, and well-groomed, and presented with a flat affect. Mr.…

Dexter Morgan, from Showtime’s series “Dexter” is played by Michael C. Hall, who plays a blood splatter analyst and is a gripping character because he’s also a serial killer. He spends his days working for the homicide division, but is a serial killer who kills other killers by night. Dexter has many personality layers. He thinks cleverly, he solves problems easily, and he balances both sides of being a married father and a psychopath. He, at first, seems like a normal person, who lives a…

concepts explained by Foucault that can connect to the show Dexter are The Gentle Art of Punishment, Docile Bodies and The Means of Correct Training. During the series, Dexter Morgan displays characteristics and actions that relate to these concepts. As said Dexter had grown up going through difficult times to try and fit in and stay within a “code” his adopted father wanted him to follow. Dexter had the need and urges to kill. Growing up, Harry made it clear that Dexter could only kill…

The example of fictional television violence we will look at for the purpose of this paper will be the show Dexter—one of the more famous antiheroes in American television in the last ten years. Dexter was adapted by James Manos from the novel “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” which was written by Jeff Lindsay. Dexter aired for eight seasons on Showtime, lasting from 2006-2013. The story is about Dexter Morgan who works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a forensic blood splatter analysist—but…

The character being dissected the complexities of is Dexter Morgan in the book “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” by Jeff Lindsay. The main idea of Dexter is grown and produced after the serial killer is communicating with dexter introducing the theme of the story. Just like when a head hits his car, the story hits your mind. The characters begin growing and making important decisions and tell us about how they work and who they are. Dexter is an obvious round character and a hero in his own way, allowing…

A Brief Comparison of American Classics: Dexter & Hop-Frog How far is to far when it comes to getting revenge? The modern TV show Dexter by John Goldwyn and the historic “Hop-frog” by Edgar Allan Poe are two stories separated in time by nearly 160 years, yet they share many similarities worth mentioning. In Dexter a psychopath uses being a police investigator as a front to exact his revenge on criminals, while in Hop-Frog a crippled dwarf who also happens to be a court jester exacts his revenge…

Everyone Loves the Anti-Hero These days, a new type of character-a new leading role-is ruling television screens. It is a character that lies and cheats. It is a character that is part of a motorcycle gang, or is a power-hungry politician, or is cooking meth. It is the anti-hero. The anti-hero is the protagonist who does not have the traditional qualities of the admirable leading man or woman. They are characters wrought with flaws and demons, disregarding the normal societal processes for his…

standard dictionary definition. For example, Dexter is an American crime drama that takes an aspect of justice as its setting and uses it to invoke the audience to contemplate the idea of justice. With this in mind, the producers of Dexter make both a idealistic and realistic claim: the ideals of modern justice are catching criminals and penalizing them for their crimes, yet because the legal system and the people who serve it are flawed, the producers seek to critique the definition of justice…