The Imaginary Invalid

Most people will simply refuse to read, or have anything to do with, anything deemed satanic. However, if you have read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien you technically have. The Lord of the Rings was banned for its “fantasy ideas”, “sacrilegious beliefs”, and its “satanic ideas on witchcraft and evil”. I personally love the movies to death, and do not believe the book should be banned from view of the public. I don’t believe the book should be banned for reasons of: the book is far from…

The novella Turn of the Screw was written by Henry James and originally published in 1898. The story is a ghost tale, involving a Governess and two children. There is much debate to whether the Governess in this story is sane or insane. According to Oxford Dictionaries, insanity is a “state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, and social interaction” (Oxford Dictionaries). The Governess can be considered insane since she has disturbed perceptions, exhibits abnormal behavior, and…

Biographical information about the author (for my knowledge only, but very helpful): Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish poet and playwright authored works of literary merit such as The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde was one of the greatest wits of the 20th century because of his intelligence, flamboyancy, and humor. Unfortunately, the Victorian social prejudices surmounted him, when the father of a young man Wilde was…

Generally, the reason why the analysis of literary works of the eighteenth century were ignored in literary trauma theory is the absence of advancements in medical discourse of that period. In this dissertation, I will refer to medical case histories and their relation to the early English novel by focusing on Jason Tougaw’s Strange Cases: The Medical Case History and the British Novel (2014) in order to undermine the idea that there were not enough advancements in medical discourse of the…

What is a dream? A dream can be defined as many different things, both positive and negative. Webster’s Dictionary defines a dream as a strongly desired goal or purpose or something that fully satisfies a wish. Webster’s Dictionary also defines a dream as a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from reality. The second definition is the one most fitting for the American Dream. People who aim to accomplish the American Dream are often misguided, in that they never reach their goal.…

He explains that our world is an actual world and to not have these per say evil elements you would have to go against the laws of physics or mathematics that hold this real world together to prevent the evil from occurring, thus making our world imaginary which would defeat God’s…

Psychodynamic Theories Sigmund Freud believed that human personality is a reflection of the emotions and thoughts that we are unaware of, known as the unconscious. He theorized that the personality is made of the id, ego and superego. This id is present at birth and consists of sexual and aggressive instincts driven by the pleasure principle which demands immediate fulfilment of desires without pain. The ego tries to pleasure this id, but through the reality principle which acts on reasoning and…

Miller in Torquay, England, a town on the coast of Devon. After her father died, Christie was brought up in an upper-middle class household by her single mother. Being the youngest of three she was by herself a lot of the time so she would create imaginary…

and highly prevalent in our current society, conflicts between different cultural and ethnic groups have created a divide amongst citizens in the United States. Ironically speaking, from a scientific perspective, race amongst the human species is invalid and merely a construct of the human imagination. The role of every poet is to share his feelings and inner thoughts with the readers, this practice can be found in the works of Langston Hughes ' "Theme for English B", Robert Hayden 's "Frederick…

would deepen into depression. Depression can also lead into insanity. A world of perfection, paradise, Nirvana, doesn’t exist seeing as every person has a distinct paradise in mind. Within every perfection, there is a flaw making the perfect society imaginary. Every human being is able to possess a dark twisted mind. A single thought that could change a very sane person into a psychotic person. Every single person has the capability and room to become insane and depressed, but what happens when…