In today’s society we see mental illness coming back to focus in the medical field due vile events happen throughout the country. After the 2008 recession majority of American mental institutes and Asylums closed and leaving people, who require attention, erratic in their communities. These mental illness cause the people to behave differently and cause them to do things that they would never do .Through many centuries of playwrights and literature we have seen many stories end with tragedies and unfathomable endings. Furthermore, we question why the finale to a good read ended in such away even though we believed that all was looking well for the protagonist. Analyze the characters we see the symptoms of mental illness reside in these characters
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In fact he was “[unsurpassed writer] of American literature in the 1830’s and 1840’s” which gave him public visibility (Sova IX). In all aesthetic his poems and belligerent short stories we see characters who show signs of paranoia. Paranoia is a mental illness which causes its victims to see delusions “[which are usually] interpretations of real events” (“Paranoia” 4). It is usually caused by fear, a shocking incident, or remorse with the patient. In his poems, including “The Raven” and Poe writes of the loss of a loved one and how they responded, while in Tell Tale Heart was just plain madman whose paranoia was of guilty afflictions. In “The Raven”, one Poe’s most famous poems, a man “deep into that darkness [of despair]” hear a voice which we find out is to be a raven which he is convinced is “[a] thing of evil! [A] prophet still” (Poe 71). This man with loss is in fear that this massager is here to tell the outcome of his lover, but the raven only respond “Nevermore” (Poe 70). In all his frustration against this delusion which gave no clear answer c, he became flustered and even more depressed then he started out with the raven “disappearing into the shadows” (Poe 71). Another of Poe’s most renowned short stories is the infamous Tell Tale Heart. The story is of an insane caretaker who plans and implements the murder of his master. In fact the story is written of the perspective after he is caught; he boastingly mentioning his madness in his confession. The reason He kills his mater because of his hatred of his eye “[which] resembled that of a vulture”, and after he murdered him it “bothered [him] no more” (Poe 500). After his insightful act, he hid the body “under three planks of the flooring of the [master’s] chambers” (Poe 500). When the police arrived because neighbors heard
In fact he was “[unsurpassed writer] of American literature in the 1830’s and 1840’s” which gave him public visibility (Sova IX). In all aesthetic his poems and belligerent short stories we see characters who show signs of paranoia. Paranoia is a mental illness which causes its victims to see delusions “[which are usually] interpretations of real events” (“Paranoia” 4). It is usually caused by fear, a shocking incident, or remorse with the patient. In his poems, including “The Raven” and Poe writes of the loss of a loved one and how they responded, while in Tell Tale Heart was just plain madman whose paranoia was of guilty afflictions. In “The Raven”, one Poe’s most famous poems, a man “deep into that darkness [of despair]” hear a voice which we find out is to be a raven which he is convinced is “[a] thing of evil! [A] prophet still” (Poe 71). This man with loss is in fear that this massager is here to tell the outcome of his lover, but the raven only respond “Nevermore” (Poe 70). In all his frustration against this delusion which gave no clear answer c, he became flustered and even more depressed then he started out with the raven “disappearing into the shadows” (Poe 71). Another of Poe’s most renowned short stories is the infamous Tell Tale Heart. The story is of an insane caretaker who plans and implements the murder of his master. In fact the story is written of the perspective after he is caught; he boastingly mentioning his madness in his confession. The reason He kills his mater because of his hatred of his eye “[which] resembled that of a vulture”, and after he murdered him it “bothered [him] no more” (Poe 500). After his insightful act, he hid the body “under three planks of the flooring of the [master’s] chambers” (Poe 500). When the police arrived because neighbors heard