Dexter Morgan

When he discovered Dexter at the scene of his biological mother’s murder, he chose to raise him as his own. As Dexter gets older, Harry realizes that Dexter has an instinctive fantasy to kill; he accepts that there is no fighting Dexter’s biological urge. Instead of forcing rules of the law upon him, he teaches him how to conceal his homicides, which becomes a moral code that Dexter is taught to live by. Due to his career within the police station,…

Said’s idea of “formal instability” in States as a framework to the television show Dexter, I define haunting as a force that is able to control our emotions and actions throughout time. After using Christiana Gregoriou Times like these, I wish there was a real Dexter as framework towards understanding the informal stability that was present in Dexter I can conclude that my definition of haunting is shown in Dexter. I will argue how my definition of haunting defines what causes haunting, and the…

Florida. The show had a charming lead character named Dexter Morgan who lived a double life. During the day, his primary job was a Bloodstain Pattern Analyst who worked in the laboratory. At night, he indulged into his passion as a serial killer who eliminated the world of horrible people. Many viewers enjoyed his double life of pursuing justice, even with his dark side. The unique show did not over play the discipline in the role. Dexter Morgan joined the investigators to the violent…

Psychopathy and its Role in Morality Psychopathy can be defined as a psychological disorder that is characterized by immoral and occasionally antisocial behavior. This disorder is commonly associated with the inability to form loving, or emotional bonds to other people, or things. However it is distinct from sociopathy, which is commonly used interchangeably, which in reality is incorrect. Sociopathy can be defined as a disorder in which a person takes part in antisocial, and oftentimes criminal…

Most people have their fathers in their lives, I did too. Many people love their fathers and are happy they have them and love them. Well, you see the way my father was a parent makes me not want to even love anyone or have a family. I lived with my father for 8 years and I loved every second. The last part of the last sentence was a lie. I hated it. I hated him. He was crazy, but a normal person wouldn't know that. He seemed like the nicest person on earth and you can be his best friend, he was…

Dexter Morgan, Norman Bates, Frank Underwood are all sociopath’s that you love to watch on TV from the safety of your home, but what if you met one in real life? Chances are that you already have. On the outside we look, talk, and walk just like everyone else, but on the inside we are empty, I am empty. Talking about my diagnosis is hard. It scares people away or they start to treat me like a weird science project. They ask me a barrage of questions like “how, when, and where did you become like…

from the rest. Plot twist: the villains are actually the heroes. DC may just be onto something here. Today’s society is so obsessed with the “anti-hero” archetype. Look to the media for examples, such Walter White from Breaking Bad, Dexter Morgan from the HBO series Dexter, and the upcoming release of the DC film Deadpool. Lately, audiences tend to favor antiheroes more than they would regular superheroes. Jonathan Michael of Relevant magazine says that it is because “brokenness is a part of…

execution of terrifying films like Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. We can further see Double Indemnity’s impacts with the popularization of anti-heroes like Tyler Durden, Hannibal Lecter and television’s Walter White, and Dexter…

Just as soon as it began, spring practice concluded last Saturday for the Notre Dame football team, with a somewhat uneventful game that ended up with a 17-7 Blue victory over the Gold. We learned a lot of things about the upcoming Irish football team--they are good at quarterback and the running backs are as talented as they’ve had in at least a decade--but there are questions that continue to loom over them like dark clouds on the horizon. To be fair, spring practice isn’t the type of exercise…

Introduction: I am writing this extended essay, to further my personal literary vocabulary, as well as my literary knowledge on the term Anti-Hero. I was inspired by this unusual expression, when I came across the love story Deadpool. It got me pondering on the topic Heroism and all the heros we watch, and read about growing up. It made me rethink my own definition of the word hero. The oxford dictionary defines the term hero as “A person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding…