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Insanity as a Metaphor in The Yellow Wall-Paper, The Tell-Tale Heart, Hamlet, and Mad Song

2023-05-28 16:30:28

Insane disease arises from external forces and stimuli that are always present in our world and has a profound effect on our psychological, neurological and cognitive aspects. It creates a dichotomy between reality and imagination, while sometimes being obsessed with his ruthless, prejudiced, addictive worldview. This is a defensive mechanism that allows people to suffer fraud, prejudice and discrimination at the expense of all the physical and mental abilities of all.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Yellow Wallpaper" and Edgar Allen Poe's "Story Story" also explains the crazy characters of others. Due to their madness, that person's uncontrollable activities have proven to be the progress of the story. The motive to write 'yellow wallpaper' was to reveal the treatment of women in the 19th century society. "The core of the storytelling" is primarily for entertainment reasons. When he reaches the end of the story, the reader understands that the madness of the two narrator played a major role in determining their credibility and their views.

This bachelor thesis deals with the crazy theme of "yellow wallpaper" and "fall of Arthur's cottage". This work is divided into three chapters. The first part analyzes "Yellow wallpaper" from the perspective of feminism, madness and mental health themes, Gothic literature and racial discrimination. The second part is dedicated to the meaning of symbols in the context of "the collapse of the house of Usher" and its madness theme, Gothic literature and the context of this story. In the last part, compare the elements of Gothic literature with short stories from the aspect of mental state and crazy theme. A review is also included at the end of working with this document