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Thursday 3 November 2011

Todorov's Narrative Theory

6 part structure

Equilibrium

Disruption

Complications

Crisis

Climax

Resolution


Theory Application to psycho

The equilibrium - "Discreet lovers Marion Crane and Sam Loomis want to marry but cannot"

Disruption - "Marion steals $40,000"

Crisis - "An anonymous figure enters the bathroom and stabs Marion to death"

Twist - "Norman appears, dressed in his mother's clothing and a wig, and attempts to attack Lila"

Explanation - "Mrs.Bates is alive in Norman's fractured psyche"

Resolution - "In the final moments of the film, Norman is seen sitting alone in a jail cell thinking in Mother's voice"