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Article Analysis: Psychology: Teaching about Madness

students may be tempted to "dismiss mental illness as nonexistent" (Connor-Greene, 2006, p. 6). This is particularly true when one...

David Auburn: “Proof”

of his life, as he slowly lost his grip on reality. This is particularly heartbreaking in someone who works with his mind, and Rob...

Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson in a Historical Context

held public education of the period in great disdain, which is expressed in a poem dubbed "Saturday Afternoon:" "From all the jail...

Madness as a Common Literary Theme

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

An Exploration of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

The supposed madness of the titled protagonist is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and evaluates whether or not she...

Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and Literary Portrayals of Fear and Madness

In five pages this paper examines how fear and madness are depicted in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and in Stephen...

Sanity and insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

This paper looks at sanity and madness in Gilman's narrative The Yellow Wallpaper, and explores the concept that for the heroine, ...

Thematic Elements of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

This paper examines the themes of madness and sexual addiction in Bronte's classic novel. This ten page paper has seven sources l...

A Psychiatric Analysis of Madness and Selected Literary Works

This paper analyzes two psychiatric approaches to addressing madness and insanity. The author utilizes the works of R.D. Laing, D...

Madness and the French Revolution

sought to rid their society of all whom even appeared to be an enemy. The original mission of the committee was to "prop up" (And...

The Emotion of Art During Times of War

light - or enlightened. The evil part of humanity - the executioners, are beyond the light - in the literal and spiritual dark. F...

A Historical Critique of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

Madness and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

of this era, stereotyping the average female as prone to "hysterical" nervous disorders and the entire gender as "economically a n...

Madness in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

of this mad ivory merchant, Kurtz; as part of his piloting job, he travels deep into the heart of the jungle with the idea of find...

Alienation, Experience, and Identity as Viewed by Erving Goffman and R.D. Laing

In nine pages this paper considers how these mental health theorists view schizophrenic issues such as alienation, experience, ide...

The Element of Tragedy in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

An analysis of the element of tragedy in this classic by William Shakespeare. Mistaken identity and familial relationships are de...

Michael Foucault vs. Frantz Fanon on Minorities

French writers Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon are seminal philosophers in the empowerment of minority populations. This research...

Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and the Element of Tragedy

An analysis of the element of tragedy in Ephesus as presented in this classic work by William Shakespeare. The author of this pap...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Mental Changes Ophelia Undergoes

In ten pages this paper discusses Ophelia's deteriorating mental condition as she slowly inches towards madness. There is the inc...

The theme of insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

"I must put this away,--he hates to have me write a word." This shows how controlling John is over her as both husband and docto...

'Tis a Pity She's a Whore' by John Ford and the Madness of Giovanni

In seven pages this seventeenth century work is examined in an analysis of Giovanni's mental disintegration. There are no other s...

Sanity, Madness, and the Family by R.D. Laing and A. Esterson

In five pages this paper discusses the symptoms of schizophrenia as featured in the family profiles described in this text. Three...

Reefer Madness: Marijuana Use in the 1950s

of trepidation. Not only was the drug then illegal in all states, the government had effectively convinced the public that mariju...

Madness in Gulliver's Travels, Part IV

This essay describes the evolution of Gulliver's rejection of humanity in preference for the society of a race of intelligent hors...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Interpreting Ophelia's Madness in the Fourth Act, Fifth Scene 3 Different Ways

In nine pages this paper examines how Victorian theater actress Helena Faucit, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, and Shakespear...

Hamlet's 2 Sides The Two Sides of Hamlet, Before and After the Appearance of His Father's Ghost

In eight pages this paper analyzes William Shakespeare's most famous protagonist before his father's ghost's appearance and afterw...