The Mask of Sanity

seen. For one reason or another, being viewed with contempt for their appearance benefits them in some way. For Mrs. Breedlove, her ugliness is used for purposes of “martyrdom,” for Sammy, it is used to inflict “pain,” and for Pecola, it is used as a “mask” to hide behind. In the vein of…

Anti-social Personality Disorder New Jersey City University Introduction to Psychology Gabrielle Napoleon 12/12/16 Abstract Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a mental illness that is characterized by impulsive behavior, a reckless disregard for social norms, and an inability to experience guilt. Individuals with ASPD exhibit an inflated sense of self-worth and possess a superficial charm, traits that often aid their attempts to violate the rights of other individuals. Although…

differently to where they can’t feel or even act like a normal person. You can even be born a psychopath or shaped into one by a rough childhood. The way the psychopath thinks, talks, lives is something that is so gentle and is covered with a mask of sanity. The psychopath’s life is very misunderstood but are still very dangerous. The more they're studied is the more they can be helped. The common psychopath has a lot more to them than you really know…

Solitary Confinement can be defined as being the physical isolation of individuals who are confined to their cells for twenty-two to twenty-four hours a day. Within countless jurisdictions, prisoners are allowed out of their cells for only one hour of solitary exercise. Prisoners are only subjected to routine visits from members of the prison staff, while meaningful contact with other people is typically reduced to the bare minimum. This reduction in stimuli is not only on the grounds of…

Eating Disorders in Literature On the night of December 31st, 2014, Eileen Denise, known as ED among her friends, was enjoying the party with her boyfriend's family, talking about their resolutions and their plans for the New Year. Except she wasn't. Her smiling was forced and the little voice inside her head was interrupting her conversations, telling her she was weak, pitiful, fat, out of control. The vegetables were healthy so they were okay to eat, and of course she had to try the pozole…

Often in Poe’s writings is the presence of animals that act in a manner almost supernatural. While it is easy to dismiss them as characters merely created with the intention to scare the audience, they actually have much deeper meaning in that they are used to speak more about the protagonist psychologically. In some such stories, like Metzengerstein, the tale is written with a detached narrator who witnesses the fall of the protagonist to darkness. In other stories, like in The Raven or The…

Emotions can lead to despair, for instance, “A Rose for Emily” demonstrates the desperation found when sharing human connection. The writing occurs during the era of the American Revolution and the fall of embraced Southern roots; therefore, “by creating the character of Emily Grierson, a southern woman tortured by the traditional patriarchy of her environment and forbidden love, Faulkner expresses his pity and love for his birthplace, as well as nostalgia for the past” (Hsu, Wang 87). This…

A form of pathological liar makes up four percent of our total population, or roughly twelve million people in the United States alone, is destined by blood not made by choice. An abundant amount of people believe that sociopaths are developed due to the results and influences in their past as an adolescence but all sociopaths are born with a brain that differs those of the average human’s. Beverly Bird wrote an article entitled “Sociopathic traits in children” and said, “A potentially…

Ray Bradbury was an important dystopian novelist for the modern world. He wrote based on the American people’s reactions to the social changes in global society after World War II. Throughout his pieces, Bradbury incorporates the anxiety felt in the United States through the Red Scare, a fear of the spread of communism to the western world. Americans believed that Communism would lead to the spread of mass propaganda and the oppression of thought. These are major topics in Ray Bradbury’s novel,…

Right before Macbeth murders Duncan (after finally being convinced by his wife), that’s when things start to spiral out of control, that 's when Macbeth begins to lose his sanity. Before he goes to kill Duncan, he begins to imagine things. “Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee; / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.” (II. i. 44-46) Macbeth states as he gets ready…