Can moral obligations be blinded by religious views? For some, the sense of religious pride reigns stronger than the moral belief. In the beginning, citizens of Hillsboro from the novel Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, acknowledged religion as something far more valuable than the moral truth. As the novel continues the prosecuting attorney, Matthew Harrison Brady, enters the scene which reveals the prejudice of the courtroom regarding the case of Bertram Cates. When Brady takes on the challenge, the exposure of excessive pride and boasting of recent cases won can be seen as a certain Dramatic Personality Disorder from a medical standpoint. Throughout the novel, more symptoms of the disorder are revealed through Brady, who continuously proves to have a Narcissistic Personality Disorder or otherwise known as NPD. Classified as part of the Dramatic Personality Disorder, a Narcissistic Personality Disorder is based on the extremity of self-admiration. The origin of the specific personality disorder comes from the Greek root word “narcissism,” which is based on Greek mythology of Narcissus who was a man that fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. The cause of the illness is unknown, however professional mental health doctors believe the condition may be due to how a child was raised. When still in the adolescent years, excessive unconditional or an insufficient amount of love from the parents may be the cause of the disorder. Early signs of the mental illness can be spotted by adulthood. The majority of the people who are diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder show symptoms such as being conceited and garrulous by exaggerating achievements and goals that are unrealistic while ... ... middle of paper ... ...t the novel. Taking on the challenge to go against Drummond was a sign of having the mental illness, but as the court case continued the condition became more obvious and the fall of Brady becomes more conspicuous. As the fall of Brady went on, various other symptoms for the disorder became apparent which establishes the fact that NPD is present in Brady. Works Cited “Narcissistic Personality Disorder.” Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. N.P., 20 May 2005. Web. 19 May 2010. Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee. Inherit The Wind. United States: Random House, 1955. Print. "A Critique of Inherit the Wind: Analyzing One of the Most Anti-Christian Films in History." Protestantism. Web. 02 June 2010. "Narcissistic Personality Disorder: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia." National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. Web. 02 June 2010.
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According to the Mayo Clinic, narcissistic personality disorder “is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others.” Generally people that suffer from narcissistic personality disorder
In each of these four areas, the behavior can look different. For example, one style of distorted thinking can lead the person to have an inflated sense of self while another’s can lead to chronic self-loathing. This paper will compare and contrast histrionic and narcissistic personality disorders.
A Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental disorder in which people elaborate sense of their own importance ("Narcissistic Personality Disorder"). They have a deep need for admiration and have a lack of empathy for others. They also believe they are superior to others and have little feelings but are really
In 1979, there was a lack of an appropriate instrument for measuring narcissism. (Emmons, 1984)
When one speaks of narcissism, often the image of a self-absorbed and self-aggrandizing, but overly sensitive person comes to mind. Some features of a narcissistic personality may make it seem like having confidence, however, it crosses the border from healthy confidence to putting yourself on a pedestal. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) people who suffer from the pathological form of narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), possess an exaggerated sense of importance, believe they are superior or special, expect special treatment, and/or set goals based on obtaining approval from others. The criteria for NPD includes a sense of entitlement, lack of empathy, and a need for personal gain
We all love ourselves. That seems to be such a true statement that we do not bother to look it as a possible disorder. A person who loves himself is one thing but one who loves his reflection is another. A healthy person will love himself and his accomplishments. That person is all around happy and satisfied with himself. On the other hand one who is in love with his reflection is cause for narcissism. One who depends on the existence of a reflection to produce the emotion of self-love. It also makes it impossible for the person to tell himself what is reality or what is fantasy. The narcissist does possess the desire to love and to be loved. If he cannot love himself, he has love his reflection. Narcissist are five (or more) of the following:
The novel Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee is a book about a trial that goes down in the little town of Hillsboro about a teacher who broke the “Butler law” (a law that prohibits teaching evolutionary theories in public schools). The townspeople are very excited because because three-time presidential candidate, Matthew Harrison Brady is coming to town to join the district attorney. The town is so excited for this that they had a carnival like picnic with hot dogs, cotton candy, and lemonade just to celebrate Brady coming to town. When everyone crowds into the courtroom the tensions rise when Brady and Drummond (Cates attorney) start to bicker over everything that they bring up. The trial really starts
In Greek mythology, “Narcissism" has its roots from the legend of Narcissus, a young man whom most deemed extremely handsome. A nymph named Echo developed an obsessive infatuation with Narcissus but he was unwilling to reciprocate such feelings to her or others. She finally gave up and isolated herself. Narcissus was then cursed to become socially isolated and reviled due to his complete self absorption by loving his own shadow from the pool (Wall & Loewenthal, 1998).
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A lot of people may not have come across this mental condition: borderline narcissistic personality disorder. You might even be thinking that this must have something to do with the definition of narcissistic personality disorder. The truth is this conception is totally wrong.
Origins of this disorder date back thousands of years, the earliest being in Greek mythology. Narcissus, a handsome young man, who upon seeing his reflection for the first time, fell so in love with his own image he laid there looking at himself until he died. Unlike the evil queen in Snow White, he didn’t need a magic mirror to tell him he was the fairest of all because he believed it to be true. In the early 1900’s, psychoanalysts started viewing narcissism as a healthy part of the human psyche, to a point. Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Rank was one of the earliest to publish a paper on narcissism in 1911, in which he connected it to self-admiration and vanity (Coombs, C.B., 2014). It wasn’t until about 50 years ago that it started being recognized as an illness with a treatment solution. This invisible wall, built from the dance between self-worship and self-hatred can be broken. Only if the person is willing to dig deep and learn where self-image went
1 out of 16 American people have had or have a Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. The two articles that I read about focus on the social impact of narcissistic people, the articles “Do Today's Young People Really Think They Are So Extraordinary? An Examination of Secular Trends in Narcissism and Self-Enhancement” by Kali H. Trzesniewski, M. Brent Donnellan, and Richard W. Robins and “Egos Inflating Over Time: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory” by Jean M. Twenge, Sara Konrath, Joshua D. Foster, W. Keith Campbell, and Brad J. Bushman. Most American’s have an abundance of self
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