One Minute, You’re on Top of the World, the Next, Dexter’s Table
Dexter Is the Sovereign We’ve Been Waiting For
The Final Thrust to the Abdomen
Chapter 17 - Dexter the Busy Bee
Killing Killers, Saving Lives
The Thrill of the Kill
Bad Motives, Good Actions
Enter the Man-Devil
A Poem that Will Live in Infamy
A Second Look at Dexter’s Motives
Chapter 18 - You Hurt Her, You Hurt Me
Why Does Dexter Need a Family if Blood Is His Life?
Dexter’s Awkward Sexual Advances
Sex, Power, and Knowing Thyself
Morgan or Moser?
Chapter 19 - Dexter’s Whiteness
The Problem of Whiteness
The Invisible Killer
Murder and the Mise-en-Scène of Whiteness
Death, Sex, and Dexter
Chapter 20 - Happiness, Dexter Style
One Code to Kill Them All
Dexter: The Family Man?
Beyond the Code, Beyond the Lies
Can a Serial Killer Be Happy?
BODY PART V - Dexter’s Bloodline
Chapter 21 - Dexter Unmasked
Everyday Masks
Nietzsche’s Masks
Dark Passengers
True Blood
Deeply Dissecting Dexter
Chapter 22 - Neither Man nor Beast
Being Bad Feels So Good
The Self-Controlled Person
The Morally Strong Person
The Morally Weak Person
The Self-Indulgent Person
The Beast and the Saint
Locating Dexter on the Scale
Fine, I’m a Sociopath, but Do I Have to Feel Bad About it?
But Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Becoming a Real Boy
Chapter 23 - Dexter SPQR
Nietzsche’s Bay Harbor Beast
Conscience and Guilt
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
The Ethics of Dexter’s Appeal
Chapter 24 - Dexter’s Look
Bad Faith
Dexter as Master
Caught in the Act
Look at What You’ve Done!
Bad or Bad Faith?
Chapter 25 - Safe Dex
Dexter the Just Man
Rooting for a Killer
Our Killers, Right or Wrong
The Retribution of Raffles
Enter the Bulldog
Enter the Saint
Decline of the Vigilante Novel
Dexter, Hero of Our Time
The Perps
Index
Copyright Page
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