Psych Analysis of Hitchcock's Psycho

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and immediately give a glimpse at the extensive amount secrecy with which several of the film’s characters live. They are in a hotel room in what is made obvious to be a private meeting. Although undisclosed, the relationship between the two is shown to be one that is not recent. Marion shows that she does not believe in such an illegitimate relationship as much as Sam does. By using the picture of Marion’s mother as a symbol of Marion’s morals, it becomes very obvious that Sam lives his life with fewer rules than Marion does when Sam recommends turning the picture against the wall. It is clear that Sam has financial problems when he talks about the alimony that he sends his ex-wife. Both appear to be completely normal, law abiding citizens despite the privacy of their meetings. Now that this opening scene has established Marion to be a seemingly moral person, the next scene of Marion involves her stealing forty thousand dollars from her boss to run away and live with Sam in ...

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that there are little to no instances when she shows a sign of actual regret is a red flag. This disproves any theories about her simply making poor decisions and continuing forward with them merely to avoid getting caught. The transformation of Marion in just a few short scenes is enough to set the regimen for the rest of the film.
In the next scene, Marion is driving through a vicious storm and seeks refuge at Bates Motel. Here the next character Norman Bates is introduced. His first impression is very one sided. Everything that he does points to him being an extremely friendly person who is also very shy. He has an inviting personality, and is quite contrary to the sadistic killer ...

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