The Role Of Insanity In The Sound And The Fury

Holden Caulfield is an insane person in a sane world. What is insanity? Insanity is when you’re in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior or social interaction. This state is mental illness. Insanity is when you do things in deranged or outrageous ways that could frighten people, or make people feel uncomfortable when around you. It’s when you do things out of the ordinary; yet feel as if they are ordinary. Insanity could come about when you’re depressed, or after a traumatic event, and sometimes even by keeping all your feelings bottled up inside of yourself. Sane people are sensible, reliable, well-adjusted and practice sound judgment. It’s behavior that is expected in a society. By these

When some think of the word “insanity,” they think of crazy people, with impossible ideas and strange thoughts, perhaps people with a different way of thinking than most people do. However, what does one define as morally insane? Does the list just include cannibalism, does it extend to cold-blooded murder? In “The Most Dangerous Game,” also known by “The Hounds of Zaroff,” a short story by Richard Connell, the antagonist, General Zaroff can be perceived as insane. This is because the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, discovers that Zaroff hunts humans for sport. However, I believe that General Zaroff is not insane, for multiple reasons. Three reasons are: clear thinking, lack of symptoms pointing to insanity, and Zaroff’s reaction at the end of the short story.

This quote not only demonstrates Quentin's concern for his dear sister Caddy, but traditional Southern values. First of all, it is evident that Quentin, much like Benji, cares deeply for Caddy. In contrast, however, Quentin's reaction to Caddy's loss of innocence isn't just sadness like Benji, but rather depression accompanied by rage. Throughout this chapter, memories of Caddy are strategically interjected. This particular quote, reflecting his fixation on Caddy's loss of virginity. He compares Caddy to an African American women, who at the time were viewed unfavorably

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is chiefly considered to be a horror novel. The books author, Mary Shelley, masterfully weaves a story that has petrified audiences for centuries with its grotesque nature and disturbing events. However it is clear that both the characterization of Victor Frankenstein and his fallen angel, the Monster, portray an additional frightening aspect of the story; their mutual descent into hysteric madness.With a deft hand, Mary Shelley successfully conveys the gradual downfall of both her protagonist and his spawn.

All three of whom are presented as posing a collection of traits and behaviors that cause Jim a great amount of frustration. Which after being analyzed in regards to the issue’s historical context reveals several instances in which the established gender roles were to some extent largely being ignored, or in the case of Jim’s mother and father are largely reversed. A creative decision that presents a family dynamic in almost direct opposition with the ideals of the era, such as those that describe the proper livelihood for a women being one of a supportive wife and loving mother. Or as it came to be known as the notion of the “eternal female”. In regards to Judy’s position on the spectrum of conventional deviance in gender her character is portrayed as exhibiting more behaviors socially specified, all of which draw a notable amount of influence from the concept of “normal femininity”. However, in the same vein as Jim and the other students Judy does conversely demonstrate a degree of rebellious disregard in her behavior. Leading such a phenomenon of recklessness to be attributed to an entire generation by their

This essay will explain the sociological value of this novel and will show that everyone can learn from this book through the characters of Curly’s wife and Lennie. “She is to him a thing, a possession, a sex-object and a status symbol.” (Scarseth). In many men’s eyes this is the definition of a woman. A toy to play around with,

The ultimate downfall of the Compson family relies on Miss Quentin, who detaches herself from the family and runs off with the man in the red tie. Dilsey the family servant

Many stories have a horror theme, which show characters becoming insane. The examples of those types of insanity stories are, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, “Survivor Type” by Stephen King, and last but not least “The Others” which is based on a film by Alejandro Amenabar. Characters in the stories all develop insanity in different ways, but the characters live there life not knowing of their insanity, and those are Rainsford and Zaroff from “The Most Dangerous Games”, Pine from “Survivor Type”, and Grace from “The Others”. In the beginning characters are shown who they are and what they do to protect themselves and others. But what they actually don’t know is that as they protecting what that love most which is family and their

Insanity is a field of behaviours characterized by abnormal mental or behavioural patterns. It may be apparent as violations of societal norms, including a person becoming a danger to themselves or others. In modern usage, insanity is mostly seen as a term implying mental instability. Insanity is a recurring theme in Timothy Findley 's fictions. While he does not dispute its existence, the author brings into question its meaning and its role, as well as the values of the societies that seek to define it. Findley brings into question the meaning of this theme, both in a narrative context within his books and as a term in itself and within

History is thought to be the past, but the past influences the present in many ways. Insane, lunatic, mentally deranged, madness, madman, crazy, mentally disturbed, troubled, these were just a few terms used to label those with mental illness and these labels are at times still used in society today. Although the shift of viewing insanity as a diagnosable condition did not reduce the use of such terms in 19th Century England, there was a historical event that changed the way those who suffered from mental illness were seen. This historical event came in 1845 with the enactment of the Lunatics Act and the County Asylums Act which were dependent on each other. Now, in order to comprehend what these Acts did it is important to first understand

This essay will be exploring the role of women in the texts ‘DNA’ by Dennis Kelly and ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck. Both texts are quite dissimilar for the most part, with ‘DNA’ being a contemporary play, dealing with problems faced by modern youth groups and ‘Of Mice and Men’ being a classic novella. Set in the 1930’s, the novella tells a story of two migrant workers who flee to Salinas, California, for work. In spite of this, both explore the presentation of female characters similarly and how they are treated in society as inferiors, attention seeking and at times even use violence as a means of expression. The characters of Leah and Cathy in Kelly’s play, and Curley’s Wife in Steinbeck’s novella are closely related in terms of how they are treated by the men who are around them as well as their response to this treatment. In ‘Of Mice and Men’, Curley’s Wife does not conform to the stereotype of a 1930’s woman: to be domesticated and the foundation of the household due to the patriarchal ideals of society during the time. In ‘DNA’, Leah is a character who lives in a contemporary society, but is still forced to conform to some of society’s expectations while Cathy is another female character in the play that resorts to violence to gain power, respect and popularity. Both Steinbeck and Kelly make their audience feel a range of emotions towards these female characters and also criticise society’s treatment of women both in the 1930’s and in modern society.

Gasps were heard throughout the entirety of England as the Castlehaven Scandal surfaced in 1631, a shocking, sensational, aristocratic embarrassment. Mervin Touchet, the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, was the subject of disreputable rape and sodomy accusations for which he was executed. Touchet was viciously condemned due to society’s sacred image of the female body-- a temple gifted by nature that ought to be protected. In response to England’s uproar, John Milton writes Comus, a masque in honor of chastity and righteousness. The English poet develops two characters, Lady and Comus, in order to personify the interaction between nature and evil. Lady represents the goodness of nature in

Sex is used in the novel as a representation of total freedom. Its exercise is almost always portrayed by McMurphy who, through his general demeanor and newness to the hospital, is the most free, sexually, of any of the men. He is so free, that it has gotten him into trouble as he only seems to be able to act on impulse. Society is not able to deal with his complete abandon and he is eventually punished for it by having a piece of his brain removed. The rest of the men are all repressed mostly due to some problem they’ve had with the women in their lives. In fact, it is their inability to deal with women that brought them to the hospital in the first place. Women are portrayed throughout the book as the root of all men’s problems. Nurse Ratched is the penultimate figure of sexual repression. She does not acknowledge her femininity but hides it successfully, but for her bosom, beneath her sterile, pressed uniform. She is cold toward the men offering no real compassion and serves only to aggravate the men’s issues with women in general. Her power is finally stripped from her, quite literally, when McMurphy rips open her uniform revealing her breasts, the symbol of femininity; she is a woman after all.

Mr. is controlling and self centered without showing any regards to how Celie is feeling. He beats and conditions her to be submissive. For this is how he was led to believe to treat women by his father viewing them as objects. At the end of the movie he has a turn around. After Cellie left he realized without her every thing falls apart. ‘until you do right by me

In the beginning of the novel, I was eager to believe in the explanations that Tristram Shandy was providing for his uncle’s demure nature, such as his injury, but I soon became wary upon further reading. The first encounter with evidence that causes doubt within the reader of Toby Shandy’s true sexual preference, was his modesty. Tristram describes it as,