Psychological repression

Zora Neale Hurston is an author who tries her best to reflect what happen in her life through poems, short stories, and novels. Zora was one of the many Harlem Renaissance writers, even though her work didn’t get much recognition. Because they were not considered the norm of her time period. She was tired of seeing the same thing among different authors, so her literary work were meant to stand out from the rest.Sweat was a story of determination and oppression, with religion and strength as the…

Violence, Threat of Serious Violence and the Battered Woman Syndrome Women usually make a plea of provocation when they kill their abuser, i.e. their partner or husband due to a `slow burn’ reaction to continuous domestic abuse. However, as pointed out by Susan Edwards the requirement of immediate outrage automatically excludes battered women. This is because women, as they can be said to be weaker than men, tend to kill their abuser when he is intoxicated, asleep and unable to defend himself.…

Violence is never a good thing for any one and because of violence a lot of people have gotten hurt very bad or even killed. However, these senseless acts will never stop or change and has been going on for year. Therefore, in 1970 Lenore Walker developed the social cycle theory known as the cycle of violence. She created this cycle in hopes of limiting some of the domestic violence and abuse that women were dealing with. Now this cycle has four stages of violence in it which consists of…

suffers a full-blown mental breakdown at the hands of Stanley Kowalski. Violence mainly occurs within Stanley’s behaviour and Blanche’s past, but he does not restrict violence to just the physical sort, as he manifests brutality in emotional and psychological violence. Williams uses the motif of violence to emphasise conflict within the play through Stanley and Blanche and to highlight issues in society between the genders and different…

The cause and consequences of PTSD in prisoners The Nation Survey of American life has said that Americans who spend time in prison are two times as likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Criminals will claim they are experiencing some kind of mental health disorder but maybe they had a disorder before getting locked up. I do not think society should feel bad because a prisoner is experiencing PTSD, to me that is just a consequence to the chain of events they started. There are…

“Alone with the thoughts of what should have long been forgotten, I let myself be carried away into the silent screams of delirium (quote from Amanda Steele).” In traumatic life-threatening events, such as rape, divorce, death, abandonment, and even war, a psychiatric disorder known as PTSD may form, leaving people in distress, isolation, and in numerous other states. It’s a tough mountain to climb, and many people have difficulties dealing with it. In the book, The Things They Carried—a novel…

Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over a partner. Many people see domestic violence as an everyday situation and do not pay much attention to it. What they don’t know is that all forms of domestic violence, no matter how small, can form into something much more treacherous. More than often the victim is to blame for their own assault, which is why domestic violence should not be taken lightly and society needs to act…

Behind Closed Doors: Analyzing Suzanne Vega’s “Luka” The song “Luka” by Suzanne Vega portrays the unpleasant reality of the widely ignored child abuse issue. Nearly everyone knows that child abuse exists, but too often we push any thoughts on the issue to the back of our minds, especially if not directly exposed to it. Because of this, unfortunately, a child has to suffer. The song “Luka” forces the listener to stop for a moment and empathize with the subject of the song (Luka). In other…

Did you know that in concurrence to UNICEF each year almost 3,500 children die from physical abuse and/or neglect under the age of 15? Or that according to the non-profitable organization Child help in the United States, 3.3 million accounts of child abuse are made per year involving nearly 6 million children? From these statistics you can see how big a controversy child abuse is and how frequently it occurs. Surprisingly, child abuse is more common in developed countries than undeveloped…

While it may not come as a surprise to know that the media tends to sensationalize crimes like domestic violence as a quick and easy way to entice viewers/readers, in reality the representation of the crime is skewed as news reports tend to show male on female violence and usual about the female who comes forwarded with her case, is hospitalized, or was murdered. Researchers like Kohlman, Baig, Balice, DiRubbo, Plancencia, Skale, and Aquino claim that focusing mainly on stories like these will…