With over 200 classified mental illnesses and more being added regularly, it's even hard for real psychologists to diagnose real people with undeniably real problems. It's basically impossible for a non-psychologist to diagnose a fictional character with possibly fake problems. To truly understand Ophelia's apparent madness and how this adds to the meaning behind shakespeare's play,”Hamlet”, one must first acknowledge the understanding of mental health in Shakespeare’s time, the beliefs surrounding women when this play was written, and Ophelia as a plot device.
When Hamlet was first published many still believed that an aberration was caused by supernatural forces. Today it is widely recognized that Mental Illness is medical. This is just
When Hamlet was first published many still believed that an aberration was caused by supernatural forces. Today it is widely recognized that Mental Illness is medical. This is just