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Psychoanalytical analysis of film `A Clockwork Orange` using the behavioral model in psychology

Running Head : A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

A Clockwork Orange : A Psychological Analysis

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A Clockwork Orange : A Psychological Analysis

The major theme of the movie can be interpreted as a major revulsion of psychological behaviorism as developed by B .F . Skinner and John Watson Behaviorism states that behavior is a continuous learning process reinforced by reward systems . It also states that personality is nothing but a reflection of behavior , since the latter defines the former . In the movie , there were several attempts to reject the idea of

behaviorism . Here are as follows

At some point in the movie , Alex and his friends attempted to use narcotic mixed milk ' in to improve their violence instinct

Alex sexual violence in the movie was deliberate and out of consciousness . It was the case when Alex wounded the cat lady ' after a sexual orgasm

When Alex was in jail , he developed the so-called Ludovico technique , a method of rehabilitating criminals . When the minister of the interior requested the jail for potential candidates for the treatment , Alex volunteered . During the treatment , he consciously attempted to stop it by showing that the treatment already cured him (in fact , he knew the loopholes of the treatment

And , after some psychological tests in the prison , he realized that he was never criminally repulsive . He began to like Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony . Alex realized that he has no aversion with the music . In fact he realized that the treatment itself never changed his behavioral outlook , since it...

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