Disability is often used as a device to drive a narrative’s plot forward. So, in Fatal Attraction Alex is characterized as mentally ill and a violent character in order to portray her as the villainous antagonist. Longmore described in “Screening Stereotypes” that giving disabilities to villainous characters reinforced the idea that people with disabilities resent people that are not disabled and would destroy them by any means. As demonstrated in the film, Alex despised that Beth can live a happy, normal life with Dan while she is all alone. As a result of her jealousy and her violent nature, Alex attempted to kill Beth in the bathroom. So, this scene illustrated the prejudice that people with disabilities, Alex, resent the nondisabled, Beth,
