Madness in Mrs Dalloway Madness is a prevalent theme in ‘Mrs Dallway’ and is expressed primarily, and perhaps most obviously through the characters Septimus Warren Smith and Clarissa Dalloway – however the theme is also explored more subtly in more minor characters such as Lucrezia and Mrs Kilman. Virgina Woolf’s own issues inspired her greatly, …
?Genius and Madness/ Mental Instability: Does It Go Hand in Hand? Michelangelo, Ludwig van Beethoven, Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent van Gogh, Virginia Woolf, Salvador Dali… this list can be continued further. What unites all these people, separated by epochs, except of their outstanding talent and worldwide fame? They all were mentally ill, or strange, to …
There’s a new kid at school, his name is Leigh, he thinks he is such a big shot-know all. When he rocked up at school on his very first day, he tried to do a fancy bunny-hop on his crappie, smashed up old bike and stacked it. It was hilarious, especially when he tried to …
Madness of King George III: Why Now? 1788 is the year that the king of England was first said to have gone mad. The citizens were left not knowing what was going on and what was to become of the government without a healthy king. But did he really go insane from mental issues? Did …
Bertha Mason, the antagonist in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, the Creole woman from Jamaica, first wife of Mr. Rochester is depicted as nothing more than a mere animal in Jane Eyre. When Rochester invited his wedding party back to Thornfield after his wedding was interrupted by Richard Mason to show everyone the state his first …
Emily Dickinson is was a talented and unique poet; some might even call her strange or mad. This poem, in a way, represents her life that was far from what was considered normal. In the 1800s, a certain type of behavior was expected from people, especially from women. Women cooked, cleaned, and nurtured their families, …
