What would one expect to be the nature of a man who is cut off from society in an isolated hotel? I would say he slowly slips into insanity, which is precisely the outcome of the music video "The Kill,  performed by the alternative rock band, 30 Seconds to Mars. It was named as the greatest rock video of its time. The music video is an allusion to the classic horror film "The Shining,  based on a novel written by Stephen King. However, it is more than just a man falling into madness, it is about finding himself in the process. Both the horror film and the music video display recurring themes throughout literature: mental instability, finding oneself, and coping with a multiple personalities. One must conquer internal battles in order to allow personal identities to surface. "The Shining,  tells the tragedy of Jack Torrance and his family living in a remote hotel as the winter caretakers. Eventually the father, Jack, falls into madness attempting to kill his family. The music video "The Kill  follows the same concept, in which the group seeks complete isolation in an abandoned hotel, where their minds slowly drift into madness, mimicking the movie. While the music video and the movie are different, they have similarities. The not as obvious, but most parallel, would be the doubling effect. The music video presents a clearer picture of the doubling effect showing the band members coming face to face with a physical version of themselves, the real them. In "The Shining,  Jack faces an alter ego of himself, the dark and self-absorbed version. Jack does a good job hiding his nature, but as the madness hits full swing, Jack's real personality is displayed. In both, it is an internal confrontation amongst one's different personalities. While, in the movie, the personality he has been trying so hard to cover up has finally reached the surface, his personalities are working against each other creating a mad man. In the music video h