Essays Tagged: "mental institution"

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

koo's nest, there was a character named McMurphy, played by Jack Nickolson, who was admitted into a mental institution for medical testing after having been convicted of statutory rape. It was obvious ...

(3 pages) 156 1 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey

One flew over the Cuckoo's nest, by Ken Kesey, is about patients and doctors in a mental institution. The author talks a lot about what goes on in this institute. The main points in ...

(3 pages) 109 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Alfred Tennyson

of the Victorian era and his poetry will be discussed in this essay.Tennyson had a lifelong fear of mental illness, because several men in his family had a mild form of epilepsy, which then was though ... other Arthur made their epilepsy worse by excessive drinking. His brother Edward had to be put in a mental institution after 1833, and he spent a few weeks himself under doctor's care in 1843. In the ...

(4 pages) 113 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

A Comparative Study of the Protagonists in Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and Hamlet by Shakespeare

shed in 1962, is a contemporary tragedy describing the downfall of a rigidly administered ward in a mental institution led by the rebellion of a new admission. The work I have chosen to compare this n ... the drudgery of the work farm'. Like Hamlet, McMurphy also only carries himself in the manner of a mentally incompetent person in front of certain people. For instance, he shows astounding sensibilit ...

(9 pages) 112 0 4.3 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

One Sick Christmas

tting himself dressed.Joe was the Santa at the local mall. Since Joe had just been released from themental institution for insanity, the cost of the institution wiped him out of money so heneeded the ...

(3 pages) 38 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

The character of Chief Bromden in the story "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey. the essay analyses the character of Chief Bromden.

th the respect he deserved, and not being able to face up to it, he was forced into hiding out in a mental institution. The neglect from society throughout his life turned the Chief into a paranoid, i ... ety into a small worthless man. Because of the lack of acceptance in society the Chief turns to the mental institution where he is accepted no questions asked. However the institution is not able prov ...

(3 pages) 105 0 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Master of his own fate "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin

e man with "the profile of Napoleon" (page 277) does not end up triumphant and prosperous, but in a mental institution. The fact that gambling is the subject of the story suggests that fate - in the f ... table goes on as before and Liza and Tomskii go on to live good lives. Hermann is forgotten in the mental ward with nobody to mourn him. It is as if Hermann never existed and his winnings were nothin ...

(6 pages) 89 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Living with Bipolar Disorder.

tion from my father. I am told that at the timethere was no treatment other than spending time in a mental institution.I had 2 aunts and one cousin that also had the disease. They all killed themselve ... th bipolar disorder it is long term. It is life.Bipolar disorder can be caused by genetic or environmental factors. Mybrain doesn't produce seratonin. Seratonin is a neurotransmitter, whichaids the bo ...

(7 pages) 84 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

How do three texts explore the nature of rebellion? (analisis of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Matrix".)

he Cuckoo's Nest", "Fahrenheit 451", and "The Matrix", the nature of rebellion varies from within a mental institution, to against an entire fascist regime, to against an entire simulated society buil ... m is the main motive for rebellion in all three texts, ranging from escaping the bounds of a strict mental hospital in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", to breaking away from society in "Fahrenheit 4 ...

(9 pages) 51 1 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

How does the film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" explore rebellion?

lew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is an emotionally moving film which portrays the story of patients at a mental institution, and explores some strange incidents which occur on the premises, the maintenance ...

(3 pages) 64 1 4.1 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

What is the novel "One flew over the cuckoos nest" by Ken Kesey saying about the role of women?

and their personal experiences with the women in their lives.Nurse Ratched is the head nurse of the mental institution in which the story is set. The story is set around the suffering of the male pati ... ds of Nurse Ratched. She is sometimes referred to as 'Big Nurse' referring to both her physical and mental size and power, for example, the more power she is using the larger she gets "she blows up bi ...

(5 pages) 78 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Marilyn Monroe's life, focusing mainly on her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller

ages since her mother had psychological problems that eventually led to her becoming committed to a mental institution.In 1937, Norma Jeane was taken-in by family friend, Grace McKee Goddard. However, ...

(4 pages) 48 0 4.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Robert Frost

of "second vision" and second sight". He was often called insane by his peers and was actually in a mental institution in 1949 after Ezra Pound won the Bollingen Prize. He also often looked to nature ... y, but the world ending in ice like the cold war can also be destructive because it is mostly about mental games. Fire is known to destroy quickly like a war and ice can melt and go away, just like th ...

(6 pages) 95 0 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Death Penalty and The Mentally Retarded - a brief overview of the injustice of allowing mentally retarded persons to be put to death under the death penalty

The Death Penalty and The Mentally RetardedIn the U.S. today the estimated amount of people suffering from mental retardation ... ll someone then they should die also. The question arises, what if the person who killed someone is mentally retarded, how do you punish them? If the person who committed the heinous crime does not un ... , is it fair to punish them? For many years this issue has been argued and has gone both ways. Many mentally retarded people have been executed, but yet many have been able to avoid execution by being ...

(8 pages) 130 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

"The Catcher in the Rye".

conventional society. Holden is highly-strung, nervous, and a volatile character, moving towards a mental breakdown.The whole novel is about Holden. He is a 16 year old adolescent telling his story f ...

(1 pages) 20 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Girl interrupted

or of Girl Interrupted, her memoirs that explore a two-year period that she spent as a patient in a mental institution for young women. Split into three sections, mind versus brain, the clinical defin ... t where she explores her life as a young woman; how conformity and period sex roles landed her in a mental institution. She revisits her friends and the events that occurred over 20 years ago while sh ...

(8 pages) 80 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

An essay on the novel "Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

A mental institution is a place or a center for rehabilitating persons with mental disabilities or ill ... center for rehabilitating persons with mental disabilities or illnesses. One of the major jobs of a mental institution is to make the person, with the mental illness, live a less miserable life. Like ... r respect, care and love they need in the midst of their life long disability. However, what if the mental institutions go the opposite of what it should be doing and there's this one patient who know ...

(3 pages) 85 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Themes - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest By Ken Kesey

r The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, examines humanity and control. In this novel, characters within a mental institution struggle with achieving rights and freedoms. The mental institution and its staff ...

(4 pages) 86 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

koo's nest, there was a character named McMurphy, played by Jack Nickolson, who was admitted into a mental institution for medical testing after having been convicted of statutory rape. It was obvious ... nest movie flew over cuckoo nest there character named mcmurphy played jack nickolson admitted into mental institution medical testing after having been convicted statutory rape obvious that only faki ...

(4 pages) 62 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Thorough Analysis of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey.. 4 Important Characters, Quotes, Conflict & Setting

ckoo's Nest by Ken KeseySummary:Randle McMurphy does not object to being transferred from jail to a mental institution because he thinks a mental institution will be far more comfortable than jail. Li ... thinks a mental institution will be far more comfortable than jail. Little does he realize that the mental institution is a dreary place tyrannized by Nurse Ratched, who punishes insubordination with ...

(4 pages) 57 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American