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Bryanna E. McCool Mrs. Dean British Literature 25 January 2018 Mental Illness in Shakespeare’s Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, a play wrought with prophecies, deception, guilt, and death, brings light to the symptoms of mental illnesses and their effects on the human brain’s ability to reason, trust, and act in times of pressure. Both Macbeth and his lady are plagued by mental illness, and the effects of their illness only grow as the play evolves. Macbeth’s symptoms of schizophrenia and anxiety, as well as Lady Macbeth’s anxiety as well as hallucinations that eventually push her to suicide prove that not only can mental illness alter the way a person sees a situation, but it can also drive them to harm others and themselves. Macbeth’s guilt and battle with mental illness begins early within the play: right after the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth, once a loyal sergeant in Duncan’s army, has killed the king in order to possess the throne of Scotland.

In Acts II and III of Macbeth, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both start to become psychotic, making it appear as if they are both mentally estranged. However, Macbeth starts to show clear signs of schizophrenia, which can be defined as “a disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel, and behave clearly,” in acts II and III. However, one could think this is normal for Macbeth, who starts to murder his colleagues and friends in order to become the thane of Cawdor. Nevertheless, Macbeth appears to be the more psychotic character in acts II and III. For starters, in what appears to clearly show Macbeth’s mental illness, Macbeth starts to visualize objects that are not there, or hallucinate.

On of the main characters, Lennie, is retarded and often gets him and George into trouble. In the story, the author gives many clues that allude to the fact that Lennie has a mental illness. Throughout the story, he says and does things that shows the reader of this. The ways Lennie is shown as retarded is through his childish manner, his memory loss, his incapability to control his strength, and his cowardness. The first example of how the author shows he is retarded without directly saying it is through his childish manner.

Each has endless possible ways of linking it back to Hamlet in some way, shape or form. While he did claim to be putting on act and only pretending to be psychotic, part of me strongly believes that someone of 100% mental stability would not be able to pull off a psychotic act without a little mental illness helping lead the charge. I feel it is only fair to diagnose Hamlet with Bipolar Disorder. Online health blog, WebMD, defines Bipolar Disorder as a mental illness that brings severe high and

Consequently, Paul’s disorder twists his brain so much he cannot bear to live without luxury; therefore, considering suicide is a possible complication of narcissistic personality disorder, he acts in a way that correlates with people diagnosed with NPD (“Narcissistic Personality”). Paul

Although the three components are seemingly different, taking a closer and in depth look at depression and schizophrenia: depression is an illness that affects the entire body- affecting mostly a persons mood and their outlook on life, depression zones in on internal insecurities and can be labeled as a form of bipolar basically ones relationship with themselves. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder whereby thoughts are severely impaired, social interactions is kept to a minimum. Interpersonal relationships, depression and schizophrenia are all relationships based on ones internal state thus if our internal state is somewhat impaired, it imposes on the relationships we currently have and may or may not form in

Gaining Everything, but Losing Yourself After I read Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck, it was clear to me that one of the major characters in the story suffered from depression, Danny. As a psychology major, the theme of mental illness often appears in my area of study. Depression is one of those mental illnesses that are quite common in the United States and it falls under the category of anxiety disorders (Facts and Statistics). Commonly, depression of any type is usually accompanied by anxiety and vice versa, being co-occurring disorders (Facts and Statistics). According to the American Psychological Association depression is defined as: People with depression may experience a lack of interest and pleasure in daily activities, significant

“Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.” (QuotePixel) Guilt is a part of existence that incites painful internal conflict. Everyone endures it; however, the way it affects a person is contingent on the way one copes with it. When comparing guilt in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, it becomes clear that guilt can bear devastating effects. Guilt is a harsh reality that overwhelms the characters Dimmesdale and Lady Macbeth; it is a destructive force that consumes them from within and ultimately causes their downfall. Guilt negatively impacts both the mental health and the physical depletion of these characters as they obsess over their former

Sometimes two unrelated characters from different stories have more similarities than we think. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” we get a glimpse inside of what is happening in the minds of the narrators. We are able to see the characters ' spiraling progression of their mental illnesses driven by their environment and how they are affected by others. Each narrator is frustrated with their situation and wants a release from it (their illness or treatment thereof). The narrators later succumb to what they seemingly can no longer control.

In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey writes about patients with mental illnesses. One of the characters, Chief, would be identified as a schizophrenic based on his actions and behaviors. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the author examines the causes of schizophrenia and the treatments for the mentally ill. In the first article “Schizophrenia 2017” in the encyclopedia Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia it explains that schizophrenia is a long, complex mental illness. This illness is a serious mental disorder with numerous types of symptoms.