Shutter Island Scene Reviews and Diagnosis

Psychological disorder Grandiose and Persecutory Delusional Disorder photographic film title Shutter Island Movie rating 3. 5/5 parting name parapraxis Daniels (Aka. Andrew Laeddis) Actors name Leonardo DiCaprio Andrew Laeddis married woman went insane and drowned their children, so he hide her.He feels guilty near neglecting to jack off his wife alleviate, which could have make itd their children, and guilty about killing her as well the two of these add up heavily on his conscience, so much so that he creates an alternate constituent lighty ( transformation Daniels) to get international from the terrible reality that is his life. I entrust refer to him as Teddy throughout my character diagnosis. Scene one Teddy experiences a incubus about his wife. The fire symbolizes non only how she first tried to rend suicide, but also the death of his sanity.The nightmare begins with his wife sc matureing him about his drinking problem, which is a repressed regret that only come s out in his dreams where he is vulnerable. She says she never left, and she walks to the window where you can see the lake the one where she drowned her children and was murdered (by Teddy) at. She tells him he needfully to wake up, but she really means he needs to see reality, she says shes not really there, and that he needs to face that. She says Laeddis is lock there, which is who he was before he invented the Teddy persona to avoid feeling the guilt, since he would inevitably blame himself for their deaths.Scene two Teddy has a flashback about his traumatic experience in Germany during World war II. He has post-traumatic stress disorder from his time spent there and his repressed memories span from killing guards to seeing thousands of innocent people turn to nipping corpses. He has guilt, shame and self-hatred induced psychosis from his involvement in the war. He sees his nurse (he replaces the image of his wife with the image of his nurse because its easier to handle) an d his decedent daughter, she is a symbol of his guilt for neglecting his wifes mental problems.If he had have done something about his wife, his children would not have died. Scene triplet Again Teddy replaces his wife with his nurse to avoid further chafe and she asks him to help her. He picks up his daughter and she once again is a symbol of guilt as she asks him why he didnt save her. He said it was too late by the time he got there, meaning physically to the scene where his children were murdered as well as meaning that he was too late in getting help for his wife who was visibly losing touch with reality.Scene four Teddy talks to his old ally, who he remembers, but he does not understand still that he was a patient at Shutter Island along with his friend. He does not remember beating up his friend, even when his friend says he looks so bad because of him. Teddy stays stuck in his other personality, which is a common land trait of borderline personality disorder. When he is in one identity, he shows a complete amnesia for his other identity. He created a fictive life for himself, with fictional characters to go along with the story.He tells himself his wife died in a fire, when he really murdered her. He blames Andrew Laeddis (who is himself) for being the one who lit the match that killed his wife, which is a metaphor for him being at fault for her death, and the childrens deaths. He is in a constant search for Andrew Laeddis, saying hes the secret patient at Shutter Island, and his imagined wife tells him to kill Andrew. He wants so badly to get rid of his past self, because he would rather live without feeling the guilt.His friend says he cant deal with the truth and kill his old self at the very(prenominal) time, he makes the point that hes fighting against himself. When his friend mentions his departed wife, and repeats saying let her go, Teddy hallucinates that she is present in the room. His friend knows hes seeing her, and is clearly distre ssed, he knows his delusions will be the death of him. He snaps out of his alternate personality for a sec and says that he cant let her go. Knowing that Teddy was and still is technically a patient of Shutter Island, he warns that Teddy will never leave the island.