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Insanity in Comparative Literature

freedom as expressed in The Awakening is a freedom from rules, expectations and people. Yet, other types of freedom had also been ...

4 Articles on Insanity Defense and Mental Disability

not prison. II. THEME OF THE FOUR ARTICLES The theme of these four articles -- Craziness and Criminal Responsibility, Introducti...

Evaluation of How the Insanity Defense is Used

In six pages this paper examines various cases in an historical overview of the insanity legal defense. Ten sources are cited in ...

An Exploration of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

The supposed madness of the titled protagonist is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and evaluates whether or not she...

The Narrator's Role in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

is almost always away on business, and the only permanent residents, in addition to the governess and the children is the stern an...

The Insanity Defense

in order to preserve the Republican Party (Welner 1996). As Guiteau explained it: "The express purpose of the president has bee...

Analyzing 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...

A Psychiatric Analysis of Madness and Selected Literary Works

This paper analyzes two psychiatric approaches to addressing madness and insanity. The author utilizes the works of R.D. Laing, D...

Insanity Pleas

In eleven pages this paper examines how 'famous' people often use pleas of insanity as defenses. Fourteen sources are cited in th...

Sanity and insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

This paper looks at sanity and madness in Gilman's narrative The Yellow Wallpaper, and explores the concept that for the heroine, ...

Insanity Plea Evolution

In five pages this paper considers how the insanity plea evolved in the cirminal justice system. Five sources are cited in the bi...

Science, Insanity, and The Island of Dr. Moreau, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Frankenstein

it. If it was possible to create a human being, why not? he never stopped to think about what the consequences were and whether he...

Protagonist's Insanity in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

Is Deviant Behavior Criminal Insanity Or Something That Can be Treated, Punished Through Incarceration?

anything, nor does it increase the childs self-esteem. Children begin to feel that no matter what they do, that its okay. Theyre...

Broadening of the Insanity Defense

not have full control of their faculties. These orphans of society are often compelled by an emotional or mental imbalance that p...

Historical Significance of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

relationship between Gilmans story and the reality of late-nineteenth century life for American women. Shortly after the America...

Insanity in Literature

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

Analyzing 'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

Argument that Hamlet Was Not a Victim of Insanity

he is perfectly sane when he says that he is going to act insane in order to get revenge upon Claudius (Hamlet - Insane or Not?). ...

Double Characterization in Mrs. Dalloway

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway". The bond of "insanity" between Clarissa and Septimus is ex...

Hamlet/The Ruse of Insanity

ghost is the specter of his father, condemned to suffer "sulphurous and tormenting flames" (I.v.7) because he died without having ...

Making a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia: The Legal Implications

have also engaged in outpatient mental health care services. Ms. Tyler held a job on an assembly line for a short period of time...

Culpability in Criminal Justice

For an act to be punished as a criminal offense it has to not only be against a specified law...

"Craziness and Criminal Responsibility" by Stephen Morse

This essay reviews and critiques "Craziness and Criminal Responsibility" by Stephen Morse, which pertains to the legal principle ...

Issues in Psychology

A positive life leads to health in all areas, physically, mentally and spiritually. The negative side is a general lack of consist...

Seven Soliloquies of Hamlet: A Journey into Madness

things rank and gross in nature / Possess it merely. That it should come to this! / But two months dead! Nay, not so much, not two...

Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Hallie

In five pages this paper discusses the Nazi resistance by the villagers of southern France's Le Chambon region as described in the...

Life of a Georgia Innocent by Harry Crews

is not an observer, he is a participant. In "Life of a Georgia Innocent" he provides an insiders look of what it was like to live...

The Attitudes of Magda Trocme and Reverend Trocme in 'Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed'

In this 3 page essay that discusses Philip Hallie's text, the characters' attitudes about God and their motives are applied to the...

Was Lizzie Borden Innocent or Guilty?

In seven pages this paper assesses the guilt or innocence of Lizzie Borden in the murders of her father and stepmother based upon ...