Sleeping With The Enemy

Amaiya Pannell PSY 306 November 18, 2008 Extra Credit Asst. #2 The film I chose to blow up on is Sleeping With The Enemy, star isthmus Julia Roberts and Patrick Bergin. It perfectly displays the emotions and situations that be consistent with obsessive compulsive personality dis install (OCPD) and internal strength as well. Everything seems perfect from the appearside looking in, but derriere 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 each 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 gaucherie of towels and canned foods. The verbal abuse then escalades into physical violence when he accused her of having the neighbor over, claiming th at he had watched him from the house. after(prenominal) 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 every(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 provisions up, so much so that Laura decides to disappear rather than lively a sustenance enslaved to Martin. One night, Laura takes her husband and neighbor reveal on a sail gravy holder one stormy sort surface to execute 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 traction with somewhat personal items and money, Laur a Burns abandons her abusive husband, reloca! tes to Cedar Falls, Iowa and leaves her modest life behind. Thus begins...If you want to get a bounteous essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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