The three main Theorist this paper will focus on are Reckless’ Containment Theory, Hervey M. Cleckle the Mask of Sanity and Hare’s Psychopathy checklist. Moreover, this paper will examine the causes and the reasons behind some of the causes and behaviors relation it to the crimes committed by Paul Bernardo. Paul Bernado born on August 27 1966 is a Canadian Serial
A Mother’s Mask A mother’s duty is to keep her child safe from the arms of evil whenever she can, but how can this task be completed if she is blind to the engulfing evil around? A mother is there to protect her child and stand by them in times of need, however, this obligation may be impossible to fulfill when a child loses their sanity. As evil consumes their child and the danger is turned on them, many mothers would step back and step up against these terrible deeds, but Gertrude has proven not
Masks A mask is a covering worn on the face or something that disguises or conceals oneself. All the characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet hide behind masks to cover up who they really are, which contridictes a main idea, expressed by the fool, Old Polonius, "To thine ownself be true" (Polonius - 1.3.84). All the characters share strengths and triumphs, flaws and downfalls. Instead of revealing their vulnerabilities, each of them wears a mask that conceals who they are and there true convictions. The
the leading male figures. In both plays, these innocent ladies end up dying. These deaths are both due to a false rejection of love. Othello kills Desdemona because he believes her love is false, and Ophelia dies ultimately because she reads Hamlet's mask of madness as rejection. These deaths exemplify the pattern of harmony turning to chaos in both of these plays, and provide proof of the decay that is spreading to everyone in Venice and Denmark. In Hamlet, Ophelia is unaware of the evil is spreading
and even to some who were not that, "the mask was a thing of its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness” (Goulding, 76). The camouflage that the boys used first took on a persona of its own in this scene, and it continued to grow from there. With newly found dictatorship over the boys, the mask began to influence their conscious decisions, and whenever adventure waited around the corner, it always seemed like , “"the mask compelled them” (Goulding, 76) to find it
emotional strength to deal with the constant torment of his community because of his disfigurement, through his belief of being a superhero. No Face is obviously discriminated against because of his unfortuitous deformities, but when he puts on the mask he feels powerful, he feels as though he has inhuman powers, when in actuality these are the devices by which he gains his mental strength. No Face faces insurmountable amounts of prejudice from his community, resulting in them ignoring, or disregarding
Poe’s writing is often characterized by his innate ability to elicit a sense of foreboding within the reader. Due to how the deaths of his mother and wife and facing abandonment from his father, Poe became infatuated with death and the limits of human sanity. These themes are common characteristics of many of his short stories. However, The Masque of the Red Death, published in 1842, in particular utilizes many literary devices which contribute to the haunting overall tone and mood in the story. The
People need to identify themselves. Having “a coherent sense of identity” gives us the feeling of security, sanity, stability. But is it really possible to preserve this feeling of identity during all your life, in all of its aspects and changes? If we fulfil so many functions in life, have so many feelings and attitudes, the constant flow of information coming to our heads, can we possibly have a coherent sense of identity and stay the same all the time? The answer is no. not according to Kenneth
“The World is Full of Monsters” is a short story about a man who is afraid of monsters. One particular day, he feels hungry while staring at the computer screen. He places his mask down besides his computer screen and goes down to the pantry where the food is stored. While trying to open the door, it falls off and shatters. He takes an apple in one hand, shards in another, and walks up to the attic. When he disposes of the shards, he takes a bite out of the apple. The taste of the apple shocks him
doubt that Capitalism has helped some people flourish, but along the way, the sheer destruction it has created has affected people of all levels. It has changed the social perspective of people, and to adapt to that social aspect, they have created a mask to hide from the destruction they have caused and they have also created a different persona to satisfy themselves. In the short story Bartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville argues, similar questions by portraying characters that have gone through
Today there are few literary works that capture the very essence and the human condition like the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. This play about murder, power, and revenge was a staple amongst patrons who would come from all over the world to see his controversial theatrical performances. This story takes place in the Kingdom of Denmark where Prince Hamlet returns from university after his father the King is suspiciously killed. Hamlet later finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his brother
He says, “His madness, whether real or feigned, was an excess of sanity” (Davis 630). Hamlet is too self aware for his own good. His knowledge of his situation and tendency to act justly causes his slow spiral into insanity (Davis 632). But is he insane if he is constantly alert throughout the play? He always is in understanding
“The Tell-Tale Heart” In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, there are only five characters mentioned in the story: the narrator, the old man, and three police officers, none of whom is ever named. Throughout the story, the narrator tells the audience over and over that he is not mad. He becomes obsessed with trying to prove that he is not a madman and eventually goes crazy in the end. He tells the story of how he kills the old man after seven nights of watching him sleep. He has nothing against
question that a reader is left with after reading Hamlet is if Hamlet is insane or not. But a reader could read and reread and still be left unsure, because it is impossible to tell. To make an accurate decision on the sanity of Hamlet, he must be brought to life on stage. Even then the sanity of the character fluctuates from performance to performance. In the first act of the play Hamlet decides he is going to act insane, because he is bothered by his mother, Gertrude, marrying his uncle, the King, after
maintain order and is then forced to compete with Jack for respect. Jack's name, Hebrew in origin, means "one who supplants." This symbolizes his use of power unjustly. Jack represents the savagery in man. It is shown that he is unable to contain his sanity and loses his civilization. “The madness came into his eyes again.I thought I would kill (50).” Although Jack was clearly an antagonist, there were some boys who became evil through Goldings idea of human nature. Golding first describes Samneric as
“All societies end up wearing masks.” Jean Baudrillard, America How do we end up wearing masks? Why did we end up hiding our real identity? Peer pressure, judgment of the society; trust issues, past experiences, all of them are the factors why we ended up wearing the so called masks. Can we blame someone who is wearing it? Maybe yes, maybe no. It depends upon their reasons. What if they are just trying to wear it because they are trying to fool someone, what if they are trying to wear it because
A Study of Madness in Hamlet I think that one of the most poignant themes of Hamlet is the presentation and importance of madness. We first see a glimpse of madness with Hamlet who pretends to be mad, using it as a cunning mask while he battles with his own mind and conscience over the idea of revenge. There is also the character of Ophelia who turns mad with grief when she hears of her father's death. Although while Hamlet is holding up this pretence of madness he slowly becomes drawn
ultimate husband, Torvald. Nora parades the façade of being naïve and frivolous, deteriorating her character from being a seemingly ignorant child-wife to a desperate woman in order to preserve her illusion of the security of home and ironically her own sanity. A Doll’s House ‘s depiction of the entrapment of the average 19th century housewife and the societal pressures placed upon her displays a woman’s gradual descent into madness. Ibsen illustrates this descent through Torvald’s progressive infantilization
Michael Finkle, the author of The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit from GQ magazine, has a certain fondness of Christopher Knight, the North Pond Hermit. He shows this in his article by using language that never condemns Mr. Knight for stealing or making Mr. Knight seem like a filthy thief living in the middle of the woods terrorizing the locals. Mr. Finkle instead paints him more as a gentle soul by using softer language. Finkle uses emotion and logic to persuade the reader that Knight
There have been a number of themes in the history of Asian American cinema, in a plethora of films. To start, The Mask of Fu Manchu, an adventure film made in 1932, played heavily on the theme of “Yellow Peril,” or “Yellow Terror.” The “Yellow Peril” was a metaphor for Asian Americans in the early twentieth century, and portrayed East Asians as vicious, coldly calculating, and utterly bent on annihilating western society. However, Better Luck Tomorrow, a crime-drama film made in 2002, parodied almost