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Psychopaths

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A "psychopath", according to Merriam-Webster, is defined as "a person having egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, and absence of empathy for others and often criminal tendencies." But really this label serves to set a certain group apart from society. According to Alexa Wright's "Modern Monsters and the Image of Normality", "'psychopath' is a label that sets certain unacceptable human traits primarily the lack of empathy and conscience , apart from the 'norm'" (Wright 149). Yet, because the monstrosity is hidden there is a lack of visible markers, which "undermines any attempt to identify him as categorically 'other', completely different to 'us', normal people" (Wright 155). Thus, it is not until after the person's monstrous acts, that one can label a psychopath. 

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