Psycho Analysis

The scene when Marion and Norman go into the Parlour, so they could eat there. The room is dark when Norman walks in and he walks to the other side and turns on the light. He is still in total darkness. The sound that is played has a mysterious feel to it. It is like something is going to happen. When Marion walks in the Parlour see looks around at the birds on the wall, she becomes uncomfortable yet still makes her way to a sit, showing the passive nature of her, and Norman’s authority over her. When Norman sits down he sit in a shaded area of the room that makes half his face dark. This foreshadows the two personalities inside Norman.

As Marion eats her food Norman mentions that she eats like a bird, as in the first part of the scene she saw the stuffed birds on the wall, Hitchcock has some what a of sexual humor going on in the background of the story, as Marion last name is crane, which is also a bird. When Norman explains that he likes to stuff birds and that she eats like a bird. Hitchcock could have made this implied that Norman is really wants to be sexually involved with women.

Norman shows a lot of dominance in that part, when Marion asks about his mother, if he should put her in a home. He replied very strongly making Marion quickly regret and back down her statement. His face comes into full screen, and shows his dormancy even more in this part of the scene. He loses his masculinity when she asks about his friends; he becomes quiet and says a boy’s best friend is his mother. When Norman is talking about his mother the camera is filming from below have a bird in the background, shows an evil side of Norman that’s inside him.