Insanity Essays

Edmond Dantes, the protagonist of Alexander Dumas’ “The Count of Monte Cristo,” was set to become the captain of Pharaon until he was falsely accused of collaborating with a traitor and sent to Chateau d’If without a fair trial. The grim conditions at the prison drove Dantes to the brink of suicide (59), and he […]

The insanity defense was established so people who commit crimes due to severe mental illness are not responsible for their crimes. Throughout the years the insanity defense has evolved along with the court system but are the mentally ill being treated fairly in the court of law? Changes in the insanity defense laws and the […]

Hamlet’s mission to avenge his father’s death deeply impacted him, and he wished to honor his father’s wishes. To put his plan into action, Hamlet had to employ deception. He pretended to be insane, believing that no one would suspect his true intentions. As stated in Ill.Iv.190-191, Hamlet was “essentially [not mad], but mad in […]

Throughout their lives, mental illness patients have been stigmatized and excluded from society due to the negative perception of mental disorders. This mistreatment is evident in the play Cosi. Louis Nowra employs stage directions, dialogue, conflicts, and symbolism to establish a theme of mental illness and madness through the diverse personalities and quirks of the […]

Is a person really ever mad? Or are their minds so sane it almost seems unreal? The human mind works in many ways; it is full of many wonders and abilities not common to men themselves. Shakespeare’s Hamlet portrays the main character Hamlet to be an insane individual in certain parts of the play. When […]

And King Lear Shakespeare has many overlapping themes that seem to correlate throughout his different works of literature. However, there are many themes that conflict as well. King Lear and Hamlet are two works of literature that can be both compared and contrasted. Hamlet and Lear seem to be complete opposites on the surface. Hamlet […]

Both A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman depict characters who become victims of their own delusions. Blanche in Streetcar loses touch with reality, leading to her downfall as she fabricates a false image of success. Similarly, the main character in Death of a Salesman also succumbs to […]

As Ray Bradbury once said, “Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. ” In his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey depicts this arbitrary line between sane and insane. By elucidating the oppressive role of the mental institution and portraying its patients as more eccentric than […]

Insanity: The Mental Illness of Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily” Insanity is defined as a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder. In “A Rose for Emily”, the main character, Emily Grierson, displays behavior that can categorized by the reader as insane. The story tells the readers that Emily […]

To Be Or Not To Be In The Wallpaper: Insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper And Hamlet Madness, psychopathology, craziness, derangement, and lunacy are all terms that have a definition that is similar to that of insanity. This theme of insanity is compellingly common between Hamlet by William Shakespeare and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins […]

In Cosi, a semi- autographical play by Louis Nowra, various characters are faced with challenges that exist in real life and throughout the play some characters rise to the challenges put before them and overcome them, while others fail. Using that concept Louis Nowra hopes to communicate the challenges that people must undergo in their […]

Hamlet’s Sanity Is Hamlet insane? That is the question. Literary scholars have debated this question for more than 400 years. Throughout the play “Hamlet,” by William Shakespeare, there are questions of whether Hamlet is sane or not. In general there two types of theories about him, one is that he suffers from some sort of […]

Madness is the condition of mind that eliminates rational thinking, resulting in an individual’s lack of proper understanding about their surroundings. The text examines the theme of madness in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It suggests that individuals who have undergone traumatic events may resort to madness as a means of escaping their harsh reality. The protagonist, […]

The Auteur theory asserts three concrete concepts of film making by directors. A bad director lacks technical knowhow, fails to connect his thoughts with the film and does not embrace the glory of cinematography as an art. In cinematography, film productions mostly rely on the thematic as well as stylistic consistencies that help the director […]