William Wilson Personality Disorder

The story William Wilson by Poe is completely plausible. The narrator and main character of the story William Wilson suffers from split-personality disorder. His main part is bad, followed by a hidden good inside of him. Good William is always there to right the wrongs bad William has done. The first school William goes to, he seems to do great in his classes, seeing himself as better than all the other students, except for one. A second William Wilson. This William #2 came to that school the same day as William, looks and dresses the same also, he even sounds just like William but cannot talk any louder than a whisper. William does not hate William #2 at first, but later they get into a fight that make William obsess over his #2. William decides to pull a prank on William #2, sneaking into his room at night he shines a light on William #2’s face and sees something horrific. William leaves the school and runs off. Months later William becomes a student at a school called Eton, trying to put behind him the horrible memories of William Wilson #2. William became an alcoholic in attempt to forget the past. One night William was at a party getting very drunk when a servant came in to announce that William …show more content…
Where he started gambling. He would scam unskilled classmates for his own gain. After being at Oxford for a few years William met a young nobleman who presents himself to be a perfect target for Williams scam. Letting the nobleman win a few times, William pulls him into an idea of more winnings at a large party that will be thrown. William and the nobleman play at the party but this time the nobleman is the one on the losing side, William was winning. Suddenly a strange person came barging in blowing out all the candle light in the room and announcing that the host was a scam artist. William was ruined, he had to run away again, but this time leaving schools wasn't good enough he had to leave the country