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    Nina Sayers gradually transforms from a "white swan" into her darker counterpart as she pursues perfection in Darren Aronofsky's film Black Swan. The film establishes Nina and Lily as representing yin and yang through their white and black costumes. Nina is shown embracing her dark side through changes in her clothing from white to darker colors to black. In pursuing perfection and embodying both swans, Nina experiences mental instability and hallucinations. Her transformation demonstrates the black swan's physical and inner empowerment, implying its control and allowing her to achieve a sense of perfect duality through her performance.

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    Nina Sayers gradually transforms from a "white swan" into her darker counterpart as she pursues perfection in Darren Aronofsky's film Black Swan. The film establishes Nina and Lily as representing yin and yang through their white and black costumes. Nina is shown embracing her dark side through changes in her clothing from white to darker colors to black. In pursuing perfection and embodying both swans, Nina experiences mental instability and hallucinations. Her transformation demonstrates the black swan's physical and inner empowerment, implying its control and allowing her to achieve a sense of perfect duality through her performance.

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    Nina Sayers gradually transforms from a "white swan" into her darker counterpart as she pursues perfection in Darren Aronofsky's film Black Swan. The film establishes Nina and Lily as representing yin and yang through their white and black costumes. Nina is shown embracing her dark side through changes in her clothing from white to darker colors to black. In pursuing perfection and embodying both swans, Nina experiences mental instability and hallucinations. Her transformation demonstrates the black swan's physical and inner empowerment, implying its control and allowing her to achieve a sense of perfect duality through her performance.

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    Black Swan Analysis

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    Nina Sayers gradually transforms from a "white swan" into her darker counterpart as she pursues perfection in Darren Aronofsky's film Black Swan. The film establishes Nina and Lily as representing yin and yang through their white and black costumes. Nina is shown embracing her dark side through changes in her clothing from white to darker colors to black. In pursuing perfection and embodying both swans, Nina experiences mental instability and hallucinations. Her transformation demonstrates the black swan's physical and inner empowerment, implying its control and allowing her to achieve a sense of perfect duality through her performance.

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    Duality is embedded within the inner psyche of all individuals, often surfacing amidst

    endeavours to merge dual personalities together leading to the destruction of the entity
    altogether. This is evident in Darren Aronofskys psychological thriller Black Swan which
    follows the protagonist, Nina Sayers metamorphosis from a white swan into to her
    darker counterpart. The auteur establishes the dual personae initially as two separate
    characters, Nina and Lily, symbolising yin and yang through their respective colours white
    and black acting as motifs throughout the film. Ninas gradual change is showcased
    through the changes in her clothing, from the pure white to darker colours before finally
    settling with black implying that she has embraced her darker side. While chasing after
    the desire to be perfect and developing the ability to embody both swans, Nina
    experiences mental instability which is portrayed through shots of hallucinations.
    Aronofsky parallels reality by portraying the female ideal, the elusive quest for perfection,
    which inevitably leads to psychological torment. This torment is further emphasized via
    intimate close up shots of the protagonist while capturing the physical manifestation of
    the black swan breaking out of her skin. Ninas transformation demonstrates the black
    swans physical and inner empowerment implying its supremacy and the control it holds.
    Through it she achieves her idea of perfection, successfully merging the polarities
    together temporarily, while revelling in the beauty of her performance I felt it. Perfect. It
    was perfect

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