Evil Isnāt Born, Itās Made : Charles DiLaurentis
Charles,Ā āCharlieā, DiLaurentis is older brother of Jason and Alison DiLaurentis. He is 15 months older than Jason and was called Charlie by Jason.
WHY WAS HE SENT TO RADLEY?
Charles was a troubled boy. When he was 9 years old and Alison was 11 months old, he tried to drown Alison in the bathtub according to Kenneth DiLaurentis. Kenneth totally assumed that Charles was trying to kill Alison because of his troubled actions.
CASE 1: Since Charles has twisted mind, it might have been his way of expression of his love for his sister or playing with his sister by trying to scare her.
CASE 2: Charles might have wanted to give Alison a bath, dropped her and tried to save her by holding her neck which caused Alison to scream and cry.
CASE 3: Charles really got jealous of attention Alison received and he wanted to get rid of her.
Later, he was institutionalized and was sent to Radley due to his delinquent behavior. Jessica and Kenneth DiLaurentis made Jason forget about Charles, they suppressed his subconsciousness that he started to believe Charlie was his imaginary friend. A while later, Jessica DiLaurentis brought Charles as Freddie to celebrate his birthday with Jason and Alison. She told them Freddie was their second cousin. Charles seemed happy to be reunited with his siblings and he didnāt cause any trouble about his name just to spend quality of time with his siblings. He asked Jessica when he would go back and when he realized that he could play with them longer, he seemed genuinely happy. To be close with his son, Jessica became one of the board of trustees of Radley.
When Charles became 16, she let his son fake his death and run away with another identity. Jessica told Kenneth that Charles committed suicide and she had his body cremated. Aunt Carol was the only one who knew the truth and she hid Charles in her house.
WHAT WAS HIS CONNECTION WITH BETHANY?
Charles had a connection with Bethany Young who was also a Radley patient so did Jessica. There were 6 years of age difference between Charles and Bethany.
either girlfriend of Charles
or someone who felt like a sister to him.
Jessica took Bethany out on day trips because her purpose was to spend time with her son and it would only be possible with Bethanyās presence. Alison found out her momās connection with Radley and Bethany Young without being aware of Charlesā existence. She made CeCe visit Bethany at Radley. Bethany didnāt seem to trust Jessica and CeCe/Alison.
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT?
At that time, Alison was being harrassed by A messages and she was determined to discover Aās identity so she came up with a big plan to unmask A that night when Bethany escaped from Radley. She drugged the liars to find out if any of them was A. She talked to the followings to find out if any of them was A: Byron, Garrett, Jenna, Toby, Ezra, Ian and Melissa. At that night, Jason was also there being high and he blacked out. CeCe was also there and was seen talking to Melissa. Alison had an argument with Spencer who didnāt sleep and followed her.Ā She lured Bethany into Rosewood since she was jealous of relationship between Bethany and her mom. Charles followed Bethany to Rosewood. Meanwhile, Melissa thought Bethany was Alison since they both wore the same yellow top just like CeCe. She thought Spencer hit her with a shovel and assumed Alison, who was actually Bethany, dead and she buried her alive to protect her sister Spencer. Alison then was seen talking with Jessica. After Alisonās argument with her mom, she was hit on her head with a stone and Jessica was screaming at the person who did that and saying āwhat have you done?ā. Charles was the one who hit Alison. He was already mad at Alison for being the reason he was sent to Radley. He then seemed to forgive her but he started to get mad at her after Alison started to play with Bethany. When Bethany died, Charles couldnāt help himself and ended up hurting Alison. Jessica panicked and assumed Alison died. She buried her alive to cover the fact that her son caused the death of her daughter. By the way, Alison was 15 and Bethany was 17 when they were buried alive, whereas Charles was 23. Charles ran away with a guilt of killing his sister and a grief of losing someone he cared about. Alison was rescued by Grunwald the same night when Bethany couldnāt be saved by anyone. After leaving Grunwaldās side, Alison ran into Mona who suggested her to fake her death. Alison wasnāt aware that Mona was her A. Also, Charles didnāt know Alison was alive then.
WHEN DID THE ORIGINAL āAā GAME START?
After Alisonās disappearance, the liars fell apart. Aria went to Iceland with her family. Hanna became best friends with Mona. After Aria got back from Iceland, Mona freaked out and came up with A plan to prevent the girls from being friends again so she wouldnāt lose Hanna. Her plan backfired, when A messages brought the girls back together. After a while, she had to expose her identity and she was sent to Radley.
WHY DID CHARLES STEAL THE GAME FROM MONA AFTER SHE WAS ADMITTED TO RADLEY?
All this time, Charles thought Alison was dead. Until he met Mona at Radley.
CASE 1: Charles, with his new identity, visited Mona at Radley.
CASE 2: Charles started to work at Radley and ran into Mona intentionally or unintentionally.
CASE 3: Charles sent someone to visit Mona at Radley.
Since Mona was on meds, she spilled the beans about Alison being alive. She also told him how she came up with A game. That was when Charles realized how close the girls were with Alison. He also realized that the girls were looking for answers regarding to Alisonās death. To bring Alison back to the town, he came up with new A game which means he would torture the girls so Alison would finally show up. Finally, the girls found Alison and they convinced her to come back to Rosewood. After Alison returned to Rosewood, Jessica got murdered. Jessica was supposed to be murdered by Charles.
If Charles had killed her it is because
CASE 1: Jessica confessed that she couldnāt protect him anymore.
CASE 2: Jessica threatened him with exposing his identity.
CASE 3: Charles thought Jessica fooled him by faking Alisonās death and making him believe he killed her.
CASE 4: Charles was mad at his mother for burying his sister alive.
CASE 5: Charles wanted to frame someone with his motherās murder.
CASE 6: Charles made her fake her death.
If Jessica was killed by someone else, it was probably done by someone who is an enemy of Charles and wanted to make him look bad.
WHY DID N.A.T. CLUB MEMBERS GOT HURT AND MURDERED?
CASE 1: Charles wanted to punish them for causing a trouble for Alison.
CASE 2: Charles wanted to punish them because they made Jason feel guilty and doubt himself.
CASE 3: Charles wanted to punish anyone who had been in the backyard at that night.
CASE 4: Charles didnāt know who killed Bethany so he held all of them responsible for her death.
WHY IS CHARLES STILL TORTURING THE LIARS?
Charles tortured the liars to get news about Alison. Charles has already been in their lives with another identity.
CASE 1: Charles, then, got obsessed with them and they felt like dolls to him. He wanted to connect with them so he kidnapped them. They started to mean a lot to him after a while, and he couldnāt let go of them. When the girls got mad at him and threatened him, he felt hurt because he just wanted to play with them. This way, he could connect with Alison. He is now scared of them discovering his identity.
CASE 2: Charles thinks that the liars also knew about Alisonās plan for Bethany. He assumes one of them killed her or they helped Alison lure her to Rosewood. So, he has been punishing them since then.
CASE 3: Charles tried to become a friend of the liars. He was misunderstood by them. Thatās why he wants to punish them.
CASE 4: If Charles hadnāt been sent to Radley, he would have gotten to know the Liars just like did Jason. He finds them interesting and he wants to get to know them. So, he can feel like a part of Alisonās life.
WHY DOES CHARLES WANT TO COME BACK?
He has been hiding entire time. Jessica stayed in contact with him but she let Kenneth send him away and she let him hide Charlesā identity from his siblings. Kenneth and Jasonās relationship is not so good since Jason is not Kennethās son. However, Alison is Kennethās favorite child. Charles is also aware that Jason was forced to forget Charlieās existence. So, Charles wanted to punish Kenneth by scaring Alison. He then realized he had to punish Kenneth, not Alison. Charles thought he would show himself up to Jason because Jason was a true brother to him. After officers crashed the party thanks to Alison and the liars, Charles felt betrayed. However, he is sick of hiding now and he wants to come home.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF CHARLES
He is detailed and organized.
He is misunderstood, he canāt express himself accurately.
He feels isolated, lonely, alone, lost and abandoned.
He has a fear of rejection.
He loses his temper easily.
He lacks of communication skills.
He has trust issues and he feels betrayed.
He felt scared when he was little and he is still scared of exposing his identity.