'Memoirs Of A Madman Diary'

In “Memoirs of a Madman Diary” by Nikolai Gogol the protagonists is driven by his feeling of unwantedness and being ignored, the protagonists shows this by saying, “...she did not recognise me...my clothes were dirty and old fashioned and I would not have like to have been seen by her wearing this” (Gogol).He felt ignored and unimportant because Sophie did not recognise him because of his lower class. After being told he was absent-minded and thinking about the Spanish affairs, he say’s, “Spain has a king; he has been found, and I am he. I discovered it today; all of sudden it came upon me like a flash of lighting… For the first I told Mawra who I am. When she learned that the King of Spain stood before her, she struck her hands together …show more content…
The protagonists explains how John talks to her he say’s “ What is it little girl? He said, do not go walking about life like that you’ll get cold”(Gilman). This shows how he treat her like a child they way he talks to her and telling her what she can and cannot do. The protagonists also goes on to say “ John bein away not caring for the baby and not letting people visit”(Gilman). This shows how her husband is controlling and wants her to be alone and do nothing because it will help her get better. The protagonists husband treating her like a child and her being alone in the nursery all day are some of reason that drives her into madness. All of my pieces of evidence shows how my characters are driven into madness becauses of how people treat them because of they look or what mental disorders they might have. Their surroundings attract how they are driven into madness. In the short stories “ A Madman's Diary” by Lu Xun, “Memoirs of a Madman” by Nikolai Gogol and “ The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman all the protagonists are driven into madness becauses of their treatments they have received and the things they have