In Black Swan, a ballerina named Nina is chosen to play both the White Swan and Black Swan in the famous ballet titled Swan Lake. In the famous work, a princess is transformed into a White Swan, who falls in love with a prince but then commits suicide when she discovers that the prince has confessed his love to the Black Swan. In the film Black Swan, Nina must face the challenges that arise from trying to accurately portray both characters who are complete opposites. It's easy for Nina to be the White Swan. She is innocent and controlled. However, it was very difficult for her to become the dark, seductive and mysterious Black Swan. To fully become this character, Nina must face the struggle of becoming the opposite of who she truly is. This results in many hallucinations involving harming herself. He also begins to imagine things that aren't really happening. Eventually, Nina has psychotic episodes when she truly becomes the Black Swan. Every time she takes a step towards her transformation, she has hallucinations such as the appearance of black feathers coming out of her skin. It also seems that Nina is obsessed with perfection because she even tries to kill herself. The true reality is not what she sees because she is trapped in the world of Swan Lake. Nina fits the mold of many different mental disorders. Personally, however, I believe that Nina represents the symptoms of a person suffering from schizophrenia. The DSM-5 states that schizophrenia is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior, and other symptoms that cause social or occupational dysfunction. It is necessary for a person to have at least two of these symptoms. It is clear throughout the film that Nina has hallucinations that... in the middle of a sheet of paper... have the mold of a ballerina. The fact that Nina has an eating disorder shows that it is not uncommon for people with schizophrenia to show symptoms of another disorder. One of the myths shown in Black Swan is that people with schizophrenia are all paranoid. Over the course of the film, Nina becomes more paranoid about losing her starring role and even stabs herself with a piece of glass, believing she has stabbed Lily. People with schizophrenia are not all paranoid. Overall, I think Black Swan was very intriguing and proved to be an accurate depiction of psychotic dysfunction, particularly schizophrenia. This film required critical thinking in order to put the pieces together and understand the depth of schizophrenia. Even though this movie showed the darker side of schizophrenia, I still recommend it to anyone interested in this mental disorder.