Ana iya fassara fim ɗin a matsayin kwatanci don cimma cikakkiyar fasaha, tare da duk ƙalubalen da mutum zai iya fuskanta, watau "za a iya ɗaukar fim ɗin a matsayin kwatancin waƙa don haihuwar mai zane, ma'ana, a matsayin wakilcin gani na odyssey na Nina zuwa ga cimma cikakkiyar fasaha da farashin da za a biya don shi". Aronofsky ya tsara jigon ta hanyar haɗa ra'ayoyinsa na samar da Swan Lake tare da rubutun da ba a cika ba game da understudies da kuma ra'ayin da ake yi wa hauka ta hanyar sau biyu, kama da doppelgängers da ke kewaye da shi. Aronof Dostoyev's Black Swan yana ɗaukar wasu sanannun mutane a matsayin wahayi don fim ɗin.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky na Biyu Biyu