Ophelia Syndrome Discourse

Why do people believe a movie is good when it has mostly positive reviews? Most people would answer the previous question by saying “because people said it’s good”. But if one hasn’t watched a movie yet so they can’t formulate an opinion. This is an example of the Ophelia syndrome. Like the author, Thomas G. Plummer explains how the Ophelia syndrome makes people naïve. One’s dominant discourse, a discourse meaning a way of using language and one’s self-identity of a social group, explained by author James Paul Gee. The Ophelia syndrome affects one’s ability to be in a dominant discourse because it affects one’s opinions, identity, and learning.
Due to the Ophelia syndrome affecting one’s ability to be in a dominant discourse, it affects one’s …show more content…
The Ophelia syndrome can affect many people worldwide, due to the fact that many people are lazy. This makes people more likely to become dependent on others and having the Ophelia syndrome decreases the likelihood that they will be in a dominant discourse. Having the Ophelia syndrome would also make a person lose his or her personal identity. Moreover, it makes a person become more like the one they depend on rather than their own. The consequence of this is that the person becomes a lot less unique. The Ophelia syndrome can also affect one’s learning, by making them too dependent on someone’s answers instead of finding them themselves. The reason why that’s bad is because if one is dependent on someone for the answer to a query they have, and they don’t know the answer with certainty, one will never find out the answer to that question since that person will not be able to think for himself. Also, what if the other person thinks they are right, and gives the one with the query misinformation? That person will end up believing something that is incorrect. Leading to the question what would happen if no one does anything about the Ophelia syndrome? How will one ever have the ability to be in a dominate