Essays about: "Madness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the word Madness.

  1. 1. "I Am Home" : Architecture as the antagonist in The Haunting of Hill House and The Castle of Otranto in relation to madness

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Stéphanie Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Shirley Jackson; The Haunting of Hill House; Horace Walpole; The Castle of Otranto; Madness; Mental Illness; Antagonist; Anthropomorphism; Gothic Literature; Gothic Architecture; Gothic Locales;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to evaluate to what extent Hill House and Otranto castle are main antagonists in The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and The Castle of Otranto (1764) respectively in relation to how madness is described and the effect that the buildings have on the deterioration of the characters’ mental states. To do this I explain in what way the main characters Eleanor and Manfred are portrayed as being mentally unstable, and then how the portrayal of the locales in each novel further affects the symptoms that they experience, particularly through the lens of anthropomorphism. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Sane Voice amidst the Madness : The Prehistory of the 2023 World’s Stance on the Verge of a Nuclear War between the East and the West as a Logical Aftermath of the Post-Cold War History. How and Why Do We End Up in a State of a Cold War Again?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Vasil Shaptun; [2023]
    Keywords : Cold War; NATO; Russia; Post-Cold War; USA;

    Abstract : “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein Today we live in very interesting times for researchers but at the same time very dangerous for the whole human existence and our planet. READ MORE

  4. 3. 'No Way Out': Monologic Madness in László Krasznahorkai's War and War

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Axel Lindner Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Alienation; ambiguity; madness; monologue; verbal nihilism;

    Abstract : In the attempt to let it speak its own name, authors of fiction have since the turn of the 20th century developed increasingly nuanced representations of madness. Such complicated productions of literary madness, I suggest, can be understood in terms of a rich fusion of philosophical inquiry and narratology. READ MORE

  5. 4. "The Grey Sky Lowers" : The Uncanny in Five of Sylvia Plath's Poems

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Author : Eva Stenskär; [2022]
    Keywords : Sylvia Plath; Ariel; Sigmund Freud; Nicholas Royle; Harriet Rosenstein; Uncanny; das Unheimliche; Liminality; Darkness; Aposiopesis; Hauntings; Doubles;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the uncanny (das Unheimliche) in five of Sylvia Plath’s 1962 poems: “Berck-Plage”, “The Arrival of the Bee Box”, “Daddy”, “Fever 103°”, and “Death & Co.”. Furthermore, it looks at how the biographical circumstances in which the poet found herself while writing the poems, may have influenced them. READ MORE

  6. 5. The creative arts as an intervention tool for clients with bipolar disorder : Madness or an eye opener for social workers?

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi

    Author : Olivia Ahlin; Marilena Mouzoura; [2022]
    Keywords : Creative arts; bipolar disorder; humanistic; stigmatization; international social work.;

    Abstract : Adaptability and cultural competency are core qualities that concern the profession of social work. The primary goal for a social worker is to enhance human well-being and improve for all sorts of complex and basic needs. READ MORE