The opening sequence foreshadows many of Dexter’s murderous rituals, but provides several points of identification and reliability for viewers during his morning routine. This contrast in images and scenes of Dexter in his apartment versus in the outside world symbolizes a yin and yang-like quality as there is an obvious split between the good and bad balance within Dexter and his mind (The Yin & Yang of Good & Evil). Though, just as with yin and yang, people change and things then become different, altogether change is a good thing for Dexter because it symbolizes something life (The Yin & Yang of Good & Evil). A life that he would not be able to have unless he knew how to balance the yin and yang, the good and evil within his mind. Dexter