Sleeping With The Enemy

Amaiya Pannell PSY 306 November 18, 2008 Extra Credit Asst. #2 The film I chose to enlarge on is Sleeping With The Enemy, star isthmus Julia Roberts and Patrick Bergin. It perfectly displays the emotions and situations that are consistent with obsessive compulsive personality dis install (OCPD) and domestic help effect as well. Everything seems perfect from the appearside looking in, but fundament closed(a) doors, it is the total opposite. Roberts plays Laura Burney, the wife of a rich investment counselor, Martin (Patrick Bergin) and at the beginning of the movie, Mr. Burney seemed to be the ideal economize but with a hint of obsession. He was always looking for his wife and both single activity that she was involved in. As the movie continues, it is revealed that he also has an obsession with material things such as locating of towels and canned foods. The verbal abuse then escalades into physical violence when he accused her of having the neighbor over, claimin g that he had watched him from the house. by and by this incident, he follows a pattern consistent with the cycle of violence; make up with Laura by buying gifts and flowers, with the hopes of all(prenominal)(prenominal)thing being calm again. I noticed then that Laura began to fear him and becomes submissive to him in every way in order to avoid confrontation.

This all continues until Laura gets deplete up, so much so that Laura decides to disappear rather than live a sustenance enslaved to Martin. One night, Laura takes her husband and neighbor come on on a sail boat one stormy wobble surface to execu te her plan of escape. She falls off of the ! boat and swims ashore. Her husband believes that Laura died at sea because she could not swim, when in actuality, Laura had been victorious swim lessons at the YWCA in order to facilitate her plan. After disposing of her ring in the toilet, packing a small handle with somewhat personal items and money, Laura Burns abandons her abusive husband, relocates to Cedar Falls, Iowa and leaves her blue life behind. Thus begins...If you want to get a lavish essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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