Do you feel Esther has the right to live a normal life?
I empathise with her condition. But do you feel that she should be aware that her approach to finding love was wrong?
How does she feel this was the right approach?
Wasn't it mentioned in the film that she was a psychopath and had killed another family?
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You got your mind right, Luke?
Not that she was a psychopath, no.
shareAccording to a dictionary, a psychopath is "a person who is mentally ill, who does not care about other people, and who is usually dangerous or violent."
I think that description fits Esther, even if the word "psychopath" was not used in the film. As I recall, the Saarne Institute guy who spoke to Kate on the phone gave a similar description.
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You got your mind right, Luke?
Psychopaths are generally considered to not be capable of caring for other people, and Esther was; her entire struggle was around finding love.
shareA psychopath's version of love. So it's not what the norm would describe as caring for others. What kind of husband or father would allow some psycho to kill his entire family so that they can be together? Not normal. Totally psychopathic.
shareWrong, she never envisioned killing the whole family from the beginning; she just wanted the husband, and even to see herself as the mom of the kids. Only after he rejected her did she kill him and the family, part of a meltdown to sort of forget they existed. It's explained in the trivia; she wants a father figure and proven devoted husband, kinder than her own father was, but if he rejects her as her own father eventually did (telling her she could never be a real woman), she'd have a massive flashback-type meltdown and go mental.
shareIt was only mentioned that she was dangerously violent..
I think she wasn't a psychopath, she was a sociopath..
"Gar nicht so übel, du kleine Schlampe. Man sieht sich immer zweimal, Kleine."
No, sociopaths have no emotion or need for affection. Exactly the opposite of her.
sharehttp://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/sociopath/can-sociopaths-love-or-even-fall-in-love/
I can confirm (most of) this is true, as I'm being one myself..
"Gar nicht so übel, du kleine Schlampe. Man sieht sich immer zweimal, Kleine."
I have no idea what you mean, but that shows my point. They can't love, and she not only could, but needed it.
shareI have no idea what you mean
Obviously..
• When love is a tool to be used to trap and manipulate someone, sociopaths can love.
• When love is a shallow lie told for personal gain rather than an expression of connection, sociopaths can love.
• When love involves pretending, playing a role to gain something for yourself, then sociopaths can love.
I guess you missed those..?
"Gar nicht so übel, du kleine Schlampe. Man sieht sich immer zweimal, Kleine." share
Yes, I clearly understood what the link said, supporting my point. I was talking about your words personally.
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