The Glass Menagerie She was an energetic and light-hearted child who was raised by a controlling, Victorian mother. Her name was Rose Williams, and her only escape from the overwhelming tensions and stress of home was time spent fantasizing, soaring paper airplanes, and creating fun memories with her beloved baby brother, Tom (Playbill, 2017). Unfortunately, there came a day when she was no longer able to evade the confining misery of her home. At the tender age of twenty-five, Rose was diagnosed with schizophrenia, a disease which landed her in one mental institution after another. This reality devastated her baby brother who longed to save his best friend, companion, and sister.
Few treatment options were available for individuals who suffered from mental illness during the 1940’s. Consequently, as soon as Rose’s mother learned of an experimental procedure that could possibly reduce Rose’s symptoms, she seized the opportunity. Lobotomy was the term given to the procedure. It seemed that Rose was entirely too young to be subjected to such an invasive procedure such as “severing connections in the prefrontal lobe” of her brain (Lewis, 2014). Nevertheless, …show more content…
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that involves a breakdown between thought, emotion, and behavior leading to faulty perception (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, 2017). People who suffer from this disease commonly show symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, and trouble concentrating (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, 2017). While there is no cure for this disease, it can be treated. Treatment options include undergoing a lobotomy, medications, and/or therapy. However, such treatments are not always helpful as everyone does not respond the same way to the various treatment
Few treatment options were available for individuals who suffered from mental illness during the 1940’s. Consequently, as soon as Rose’s mother learned of an experimental procedure that could possibly reduce Rose’s symptoms, she seized the opportunity. Lobotomy was the term given to the procedure. It seemed that Rose was entirely too young to be subjected to such an invasive procedure such as “severing connections in the prefrontal lobe” of her brain (Lewis, 2014). Nevertheless, …show more content…
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that involves a breakdown between thought, emotion, and behavior leading to faulty perception (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, 2017). People who suffer from this disease commonly show symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, and trouble concentrating (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, 2017). While there is no cure for this disease, it can be treated. Treatment options include undergoing a lobotomy, medications, and/or therapy. However, such treatments are not always helpful as everyone does not respond the same way to the various treatment