What kind of person is Dexter Morgan?

What kind of person is Dexter Morgan?

By the start of season one, Dexter is a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department; in his "secret life", he is a serial killer who preys on people who are themselves murderers.

Why is Dexter so good?

A lot of psychologists have analyzed Dexter as a character, and why the show's audience has been so enthralled with him. Negative speculation has occurred as well, for the romantic and heroic way Dexter kills has inspired amateur real-life killers to try and mimic him.

What religion is Dexter Morgan?

For the first time, Dexter, an atheist who bases his actions on a logical, deductive approach, faces faith; the killers are acting in the name of their own distorted version of Christian faith, and believe to be completely justified.

What disease does Dexter have?

Dexter is a paradigm "secret schizoid" (that is, someone suffering from Schizoid Personality Disorder who hides it very well). ASPD is about inability to conform, manipulation, and impulsive aggression; SPD is about coldness, detachment, and complete lack of interest in normal human interaction.

Why did Rita leave Dexter?

The writers felt that dexter needed a more dark passenger side to him and decided that having Rita negated that idea. So they killed her. ... In season 4 finale, Trinity found Dexter address, but went to his old flat and found that Deb's living there.

Why did we fall in love with Dexter Morgan?

• There must be (logical) reasons why the world fell in love with the character of Dexter Morgan as portrayed in Showtime’s series “Dexter”. How do we come to empathize with a blood-spatter analyst by day turned serial killer by night?

Who are the only people still watching Dexter?

• Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan in Dexter: 'the only people still watching are life-hating masochists.' Photograph: Randy Tepper/Showtime. One of the most talked-about television programmes of the past decade is currently building up to its long-awaited series finale.

How is Dexter Morgan portrayed as a monster?

• The “Normality” factor. Dexter Morgan is not portrayed as a monster. He is not some middle-aged guy that keeps dissected animals in his house and dead bodies in the cellar or in the backyard. He is not the classical killer marked by visible deviant behavior. He is the guy next door with a dirty secret.

Who is Dexter Morgan without the Dark Passenger?

• Dexter Morgan, without the Dark Passenger, is just an average guy that struggles to have a normal life, be part of a normal family and have a nice couple life, trying to deal with all the drama in his past and actual life and plays an overall positive social role.