Yet, Pearl is also a sociopath. Whether those tendencies were created by her mother's overbearing overprotection, or they were always latently there and became more pronounced because of her living situation is never answered. It does, however, make you afraid of her, to keep your distance lest you incur her wrath.
Underlying Mental Illness
Pearl is undoubtedly a psychopath. She enjoys hurting defenseless beings; befriending predatory beings excites her; she relishes in the idea of her parents demise to perpetuate her goals, and she impulsively destroys anything obstructing said goals.
Directed by Ti West, who co-writes with Mia Goth, Pearl is a disturbing psychological horror that opens with brightly colourful scenes of farm life (so preposterously idyllic that it all seems inspired by Douglas Sirk) before introducing our eponymous heroine, a woman who seems sweet and wholesome but is actually a ...
If you take a look at Doyle's original character, he is most definitely a primary psychopath – not a “high-functioning sociopath.” He shows no emotion or empathy, and he doesn't respond to stress.
At first, Pearl is trying her best to help her disapproving mother, Ruth, care for her father (Matthew Sunderland), who has fallen victim to the influenza pandemic.
Pearl is a thought-provoking and eerie prequel to West's earlier film. “I want to be loved,” Pearl says. When she's not terrifying audiences with her violent tendencies, Pearl's desperation to escape her abusive mother and unresponsive father provokes sympathy from the audience.
Pearl is haunted by a version of her younger self and so attempts to become Maxine by recreating what she has observed, ultimately climbing into bed with her. Mia Goth playing both roles emphasizes how they are each confronting themselves.
JOHN WATSON: Asperger's? Sherlock Holmes is famous for his sharp wit, reclusive nature, powers of observation and talent for deduction. To this list the modern-day BBC adaptation of Conan Doyle's stories has added 'Asperger's' – or its DSM-5 term: autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Holmes is unique compared to an average human, but he is not a “high- functioning sociopath.” Holmes most likely suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a minor case of Bipolar Disorder, and a hint of Savant Syndrome. Asperger's Syndrome causes Holmes to think in pictures and desire a close companionship with Dr.
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Perhaps one of the earliest examples of ADHD in literature, the ingenious detective from the series by Arthur Conan Doyle likely suffered from this disorder, albeit undiagnosed due to the lack of awareness at the time.
Pearl was very positively received for being a lesbian character in an animated series, following a pattern of LGBT themes in children's animated series such as Adventure Time and The Legend of Korra.
It's extremely bloody and gory but well made and smart; it's really a dark feminist tale. Characters are brutally killed with axes and pitchforks, and body parts are severed. People are also severely burned, suffocated, eaten by an alligator, even blown up (flinging gory bits everywhere).
Pearl is the main antagonist of the 2022 erotic slasher film X and the titular villainous protagonist in the prequel film Pearl. She is a sick and demented elderly housewife who is obsessed with youth and is jealous of young people due to her husband's heart condition preventing them from making love.
Pearl is a teenager in the prequel, which takes place in 1918 during WWI. Given X takes place in 1979, and Pearl is roughly sixteen in the prequel, it can be inferred that her character is around 77 years old in X.
Pearl is an ISTJ personality type. She takes a rational approach to life. Trustworthy and dependable, Pearl is the kind of person you can count on to stick to her word. ISTJs are traditional and they often expect the same from others.
Pearl is a delightfully lurid look at one woman going stark raving mad in isolation. I too would go crazy stuck on a farm in the middle of nowhere so this felt very relatable. Pearl is fuelled by an extraordinary performance from Mia Goth (which should have been up for awards if anyone gave genre movies any respect).
Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant but antisocial detective. He doesn't seem to show emotion or care about other people's feelings — even those of his trusted sidekick Dr. Watson — and he's not driven by the fear of offending others. By all appearances, he is a primary psychopath.
Radford estimates Holmes' IQ at 190, which places him much, much higher than our crazy-haired scientist. Since then, there have been many more studies on this fictional character leading people to lower his intelligence rating, but he still remains one of the smartest characters ever written.
"He's asexual for a purpose. Not because he doesn't have a sex drive, but because it's suppressed to do his work.
Holmes is often direct to the point of being rude, and develops fascinations with obscure fields of knowledge. Thus, while Holmes might have had bipolar disorder, it is far from clear. He might be better diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and neither of these conditions was ever confirmed in the text or by the author.
As Holmes talks to Detective Bell and Watson about relationships, he realizes that he doesn't talk about his work to Fiona. Watson quotes from Shakespeare regarding how to break bad news. Later, before Holmes takes a video chat with Fiona, he recites the quote, implying that Holmes broke up with Fiona.
Although Arthur Conan Doyle makes no effort to diagnose Holmes with Asperger's or any other type of condition (Asperger's was not described in the DSM until the mid-twentieth century), he arguably represents the condition in the most digestible manner for his audience at the time.
Why is Pearl so obsessed with Rose? According to Vrai Kaiser of The Mary Sue, Pearl deals with severe unresolved grief, coupled with deep-seated issues with self-worth, resulting in her falling prey to "powerful, impulsive emotions" whenever Rose is mentioned.
It's confirmed that Pearl was in love with Rose due to the events of "Lion 3: Straight to Video"; "Rose's Scabbard"; "Story for Steven"; "Sworn to the Sword"; "We Need to Talk"; and "Chille Tid".
Pearl was in love with Rose. This had been hinted at a lot throughout the show, and in the episode Mr Greg, it was all but confirmed.