True Story of Passion and Murder

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Part I
This paper, by referring to psychological and psychosomatic analysis, examines and studies the case of Diane Downs depicted by Ann Rule in her book Small Sacrifices as the passion crime committed mostly for narcistic reasons. We begin by a brief review of the background literature of the clinical disorders of Diane Downs , then move on to thorough analysis of Downs' psycho-type and her psychological disorders that resulted in such cruel crime committed by her, and conclude by discussing the rationale for giving such diagnosis.
According to Nevid and Rathus and Greene (1994), Diane Downs can be characterized as histrionic as well as narcissistic, because she had attempted to kill all three of her children in order to be with her boyfriend, who did not want her with the children (34-36). She engaged in other illegal activities as well. She was sufficiently charming and attractive that prior to the attempted......

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Title: True Story Of Passion And Murder
Approximate Word Count: 823
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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