I’m afraid the vote is closed.” The institution of the mental hospital does not allow for emotional or mental development in the hopes of conditioning them to be unobtrusive in conventional society. In direct opposition to conformism is McMurphy in his capacity as an agent of change. Through his extroversion and confidence, Mc Murphy inspires defiance and a shrugging off of the institution among the patients. The effects of individualism can be seen in McMurphy’s protégé Bromden, who finds it in himself to embrace his difference, and come out of the comfortable but unsatisfying shell of deafness and dumbness. Bromden also finds the mental
It is a global concept that truly helps the world go ‘round. In William Damon’s article, The Death of Honesty, he goes into great detail to describe the importance of honesty in today’s society. In his article, he is trying to make people aware that a decline in a virtue such as honesty can cause a low moral concern and eventually become the downfall of a society. William Damon’s argument begins at the very top of the article with the title “The Death of Honesty”. Through this title, Damon is almost using a form of scare tactic on his audience.
Dorian develops a fear of aging so he tries to live his life as if it was his last day on earth. He gets carried away and practically addicts to pleasure; his unconventional actions result in him feeling guilty and miserably. The attempts to fix his mistakes prove to make the situation even worse. It isn’t Dorian’s fault that he turns out the way he does –a pleasure seeking and self-conscious maniac, in turn showing the readers that his actions are practical. Basil, a painter, paints a portrait of Dorian which changes for the worse every time Dorian does something selfish.
This allows the results to be generalised. Weaknesses The hospital staff was deceived - this is, of course, unethical. Although Rosenhan did conceal the names of hospitals or staff and attempted to eliminate any clues which might lead to their identification. Rosenhan did note that the experiences of the pseudo-patients could have differed from that of real patients who did not have the comfort of knowing that the diagnosis was false. Perhaps Rosenhan was being too hard on psychiatric hospitals, especially when it is important for them to play safe in their diagnosis of abnormality because there is always an outcry when a patient is let out of psychiatric care and gets into trouble.
The character of the inspector is written by Priestley as a representation of morality in the play. The manner of The inspector is one the Birling's find rather disconcerting. This question of his character grows throughout the play, mirroring Sheila's and the audience's growing suspicion of him.” we didn't tell him anything he didn't already know" This all knowing quality of the character of the inspector gives a sense of being super natural, a quality confirmed by Priestley during the Inspector's outburst at the end in which he foretells the prophecy of 'fire, blood and anguish' giving the audience an underlying sense of unease at the reference to war. Therefore showing them the consequences of a lack of responsibility. This ironic hindsight into the war also gives the audience a sense of the inspector's wisdom.
He is desperate to convince himself that she did wrong, shown when he says “But she’s the one in the wrong! She renounced her faith” (Hannah, 50). Michael delivers lines such as these with a mix of frustration, guilt and confusion. These moments contrast with others when Michael appears cold and talks with a stiff self-righteousness. However, the voice of the character does not always come from the
Gellburg’s response to Slyvia’s outburst is not evidently displayed through speech, but through the use of Miller’s stage directions: ‘He is stock still; horrified, fearful’. The words ‘horrified’ and ‘fearful’ suggest that the news of such events came as a shock to him and undoubtedly indicate that he is affected by such news and is also stricken by Sylvia’s powerful, unexpected revelation of her feelings. Miller conveys the message that that Gellburg finally comes to understand his ignorant attitude as one that has led to his self-denial and self-hatred. It later becomes clear in the play that Gellburg is suppressing an important part of who he is, and in scene eleven, he confesses to a bottled-up desire of ‘going and sitting in the Schul with the old men and pulling the tallis over my head’. Sylvia, in her frustration with Gellburg, says ‘Don’t sleep with me again’ in a rather commanding manner.
In the play ‘Educating Rita’ cruelty and cynicism feature a great deal. One of the main characters, Frank, is cynical. Frank’s personality portrays him as a miserable old man who cannot see the good in anybody, including Rita. For example, Frank thinks that Rita is only trying to change herself because it will look good to others when they meet her rather than seeing that she is really trying to change her life for the better, not for selfish reasons. When Frank is on the phone to Julia he refers to Rita as “some silly woman” and this portrays him to be cynical because even though he has never met Rita he is already making assumptions about her in a negative manner.
Evan also undergoes a mental journey, helping him come to the realisation that the reasons for the people that he cares about suffering, is in face himself. While he strives for good intentions, his actions almost always have unforeseen consequences, and his attempts to alter the past only end up harming those he cares about. His doctor, Dr Redfield tells Evan “Just think of your mind as a movie, you can pause, rewind or slow down any details you want” reinforcing the idea of Evans mental journey. Discuss how this relates to the journey undertaken in Life of Pi The Butterfly Effect relates to the story of relates to the
They assume that I should be just as able-bodied as them since they can’t “see” my disability and use oppressive words like lazy and ‘no good for nothing’ which only leads to further denigration of an already awful feeling. It also makes me feel even more isolated and alone because I internalize the oppression and my negative self-talk continues to tell me that I am the only one who truly understands. This form of oppression is what stopped me from reaching out to get help for my mental illness for many years. The stigma (negative stereotype) of mental illness which we are often led to believe through outlets like the media, caused me to fear what others may think about me and so I didn’t speak to anyone about my mental health until it was so unmanageable that I had to be hospitalized. Before that, I lived many years with the debilitating symptoms of depression and anxiety without any medical or therapeutic intervention.