Madness

whatever I liked behind the curtain of “madness”. Then: I’d arrange flowers, all day long, I’d paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: “Poor thing, she’s crazy!” (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.) I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else’s - my madness would not be an escape…

written by Hamlet to Ophelia. The letters talk about Hamlet’s love for Ophelia. The king agrees with Polonius to hide behind an arras, while Ophelia confronts Hamlet. This allows the king and Polonius to see his mad love for her. “Through this madness, yet there is method in’t” (II,ii,223-224). Polonius refers to Hamlet’s insane emotions. Polonius is slow and it shows. Polonius realizes that Hamlet’s speech has carefully selected phrases, and witty responses. Hamlet might not be mad; it…

Is Hamlet’s madness real or assumed? This one simple question has Shakespear fanatics around the world completely befuddled. It is not often that a writer is able to tell a story in its entirety without revealing the truth of the character, yet Shakespeare, being the proficient writer that he was, was able to do this in his play Hamlet. Leaving the audience to decipher whether Hamlet’s afflictions truly led him to insanity or if something more cunning was going on. Promptly after beginning the…

Unfortunately, the influence of Asclepiades and Cicero eventually declined and the Roman physician, Celsus, reestablished the notion that madness was a punishment from the Gods. Aulus Cornelius Celsus (25BC-50AD) believed that “a sort of force” should be applied to the insane to scare the demonic spirit, coercing it to flee the body. His beliefs helped to strengthen the idea that some psychological disorders were caused by angry gods or spirits. His beliefs and writings were later used as…

Through the madness of the Frankenstein, the author Mary Shelley introduces the reader to one of the main characters Victor Frankenstein who created a monster whom was not truly a monster till he became mad for love and started killing his creator's loved ones, thus shows if that the death of Victor's loved ones was not only his monsters fault but his own. This novel also questions the mind of the reader and it their feelings towards the monster and Frankenstein. In which they mind sympathies…

Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, was a gothic novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. The novel includes an enthralling tale of a curious man, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a huge human with his own hands. Frankenstein’s experiments did not produce the results that he was hoping for, consequently creating a monster that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Victor’s first instinct was to run away from the monster, but he was never able to escape the wrath of his creation. Out of…

Madness: Biological or Constructed Purpose: Provide a semantic resolution for the discussion regarding the biological versus constructed nature of certain mental illness in order to expose the more important dynamic issues. Semantic basis for the argument: His argument rests on the introduction of two types of classifications, interactive kinds and indifferent kinds, Hackings contribution to the present discussion, which he uses to resolve the sematic issue. First, let us define key terms:…

Much in the same way that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, madness and its ever-changing definition––due both to perspective and to one’s own personal beliefs––is determined by each individual on a case-by-case basis. Society caters to this fluidity by manipulating conceptions of what is acceptable and correct. In many cases, madness is simply the over-stigmatization of opposing ideas from those already set by societal norms and traditions. Depending on your environment, different…

Minimum Wage Madness Raising the minimum wage sounds great to many citizens across the United States. More money is always better, but is raising the minimum wage really the best thing for America 's economy? Many questions are asked on how this will affect jobs and if it will help our economy grow. Whether it would be a benefit to our economy or not. How will it impact people living in poverty? Will small businesses be affected by this major spike in wage? Raising the minimum wage is not the…

separates madness and genius, and an even finer line that separates fantasy and reality. Indeed, it is often the craziest ideas of dreams and nightmares that become the most potent forces of reality. The juxtaposition of madness and reality runs throughout the entirety of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, where the titular protagonist struggles with his intense guilt over the murder of King Duncan. As times goes on, Macbeth begins to hallucinate, delving further and further into madness. One…