Deranged

was ecstatic that he finally had his mother to himself; sometimes they would even sleep in the same bed together. So when Augusta developed cancer and died on December 29, 1945 after a series of strokes Ed was devastated, and became increasingly deranged after her death. Gein left several rooms in the house, those he most closely associated with his mother (such

The deranged lunatic It was a typical morning, calm, peaceful, birds chirping, a beautiful sky and the forest next to my house was overflowing with life. It was my usual day, I was walking through the forest to my job at the lumber yard, I usually don't like to work hard, but I needed a job and and in my small town the lumber yard was one of the only jobs that were hiring. I was listening on my iPod to some music, then I heard something peculiar, to me it sounded like a pair of footsteps and some

Aside from being egotistical, both Fortunato and Jack Sparrow are deranged. I say that Fortunato is deranged, because when the story starts Montresor talks about he is a drunk and was making a fool of himself at the village carnival, “He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much” (Poe, Edgar para. 4). Fortunato was known for being addicted to wine, making it an easy decision for him when Montresor asked him to go taste some wine. He was so drunk when Montresor took him down

Pity, more so than rage, began to reign supreme as my dominant emotion upon witnessing the battered angel; although, while her safety definitively soothed me for the time being, the time in which it did was exceptionally brief. Before the deranged man could formulate another question, demand, or utterance, yet another member of the fowl men in attendance raised his voice against the leader of the clan, while vigorously pointing in

Although quite cliché, life's journey is truly like a deranged rollercoaster ride. At times, the only thing one can do is simply close his or her eyes and live in fear of what is just around the corner, and then there are times that one must let go of all the built up fear and anxiety, throw their hands up in the air, and enjoy the ride. It is a tad bit frivolous, how we are raised in a society that instills in us this prophesy that we can plan out our entire life, right down to the tee. We grow

Would Hamlet be different without Ophelia? This question could refer to both the character of Hamlet and the actual play. Ophelia’s role in Hamlet has been discussed by numerous critics, and many of them have questioned the necessity of Ophelia. While she is undoubtedly a lesser character compared to Gertrude, Claudius, or Hamlet, her eventual madness and demise provides an interesting discussion for Shakespeare’s critics. Although some critics believe that Ophelia only plays a miniscule role in

demon. This impaired soul is the abandoned monster created by Victor Frankenstein. Mary Shelley offers insight into the emotions and mind of a man forced to become a fiend through betrayal in her novel Frankenstein. Shelley’s literary work of a deranged mind allows Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis theory to be applied in order to understand the torment that causes a once pure man to go insane. In order to properly judge the innocence and purity of a man-made

You just killed your own father with a kitchen knife, you don’t even know you did it but there he is dead right in front of you. Now imagine that the whole world views you as a deranged killer. By doing this act that you can’t even remember the whole world is put against you and leaves you in a mental ward to be with your thoughts alone. To just sit there and think about that heinous crime. Is there something that you could have done to fix this? Is there something that someone else could have fixed

Emotions are the driving force of all human actions and often times certain people have trouble with coping and developing defense mechanisms and instead resort to withdrawing themselves from society. In the short story “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner recounts the story of Emily Grierson’s life as a lonely and impervious woman left with no money after her father’s death. After her father’s death, Emily had nothing left besides her large, decrepit house, into which the townspeople find large

Southern Gothic Literature and Deranged Characters “Southern Gothic Literature is a genre that focuses on grotesque themes that involve troubled and deranged main characters, while sometimes including elements found from the supernatural” (study.com P1). The following short stories had authors that played a tremendous role in the southern gothic literature genre, and inspired many authors to follow their style. From necrophilia to serial killers, southern gothic literature is a genre that is to be