Essays Tagged: "nervous breakdown"

Franz Liszt vs. Kurt Cobain

tions hanging on chains, which was unusual for his time. For two years Liszt was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown. In some ways he was much like Kurt Cobain, the late lead singer of the rock band ...

(2 pages) 57 1 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

"Eliot's Waste Land"

of uncongenial work, the strain of his home life and the need to hide his unhappiness brought on a nervous breakdown. In 1922, while recovering in a Swiss spa, Eliot began to write one of his longest ...

(2 pages) 161 0 3.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

The Catcher In The Rye / J.D. Salinger - book report

ll John Lennon - and as aresult of the fact that it was 'The Catcher In The Rye', a book describing nervous breakdown,media speculated widely about the possible connection. This gave the book even mor ... scribes Holden's thoughts and activities over these fewdays, during which he describes a developing nervous breakdown, symptomised by his bouts ofunexplained depression, impulsive spending and general ...

(5 pages) 149 1 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Brief Biography of Tennesse Williams' life and the theme of societies destructive impact on non-conformists, in two of his plays, The Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire

life Williams battled with addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol. At a young age hesuffered a nervous breakdown, and he lived in constant fear that he would go insane, asdid his sister, Rose. So ... struck the world for me. But I was unlucky.Deluded. There was something different about the boy, a nervousness, a softnessand tenderness which wasn't like a man's, although he wasn't the least biteff ...

(9 pages) 92 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Book Review The Catcher in the Rye

is parents. What Holden doesn't realize is during his four-day 'vacation' in New York he develops a nervous breakdown. J.D. Salinger wrote the novel in 1st person so the readers of the novel could see ... ivities and dilemmas that take place during those four days, during which he describes a developing nervous breakdown. Holden arrives in New York by train and checks in at the Edmont Hotel. IN New Yor ...

(5 pages) 40 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of the song "testify" by rage against the machine.

oup that depicted Chicano history through pictures. It appears that de la Rocha's father, who had a nervous breakdown, was religiously demanding, requiring that Zack embrace the Bible in all parts of ...

(2 pages) 61 0 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Martin Luther Kings Jr. and Malcolm X

of his house by the Ku Klux Klan resulted in the murder of his father. His mother later suffered a nervous breakdown and his family was split up. He was haunted by this early nightmare for most of hi ...

(9 pages) 156 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Andy Warhol

Czech immigrant parents and grew up near the mills in Pittsburgh PA. About the age of nine he had a nervous breakdown and as he grew older, realized he did not like his appearance. Always fascinated w ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.7 Aug/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X: how these two men were vying for the same outcome

of his house by the Ku Klux Klan resulted in the murder of his father. His mother later suffered a nervous breakdown and his family was split up. He was haunted by this early nightmare for most of hi ...

(9 pages) 57 0 4.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Tortious Liability and Negligence

s pregnant ex girl friend Minnie has a miscarriage.- Pradnose (an Onlooker) and Sam (fireman) got a nervous breakdown.- Beryl, Dan's mother, is traumatised.- Julius, Dan's mother has to rush to the si ... bility of such event is again very less and so is the probability of Pradnose an Onlooker getting a nervous breakdown.In case of Bolton v. Stone (1951) The House of Lords found that possibility of a b ...

(7 pages) 156 0 4.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

The definition of women within the text of "The Yellow Wallpaper", "The Story of an Hour", and "The Rise of the New Woman"

ry strong impact on Gilman. She went on to write "The Yellow Wallpaper" after suffering from a near nervous breakdown and being prescribed the "rest cure" by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. This story eventuall ...

(5 pages) 64 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

To what extent is personal weakness to blame for what happens to the main characters in Hartley's novel "The Go-Between"?

In Hartley's "The Go-Between", Leo suffers a nervous breakdown following his three-week stay at Brandham Hall in 1900. He feels completely respon ...

(3 pages) 13 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Taiping Rebellion: Asian Studies Paper

ian missionary talking and received some Christian readings. After failing his exam again, he had a nervous breakdown. It is said that he had several visions, such as an old man that told him people h ...

(4 pages) 31 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Briefly discuss about interior monologue in "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia woolf.

sed of what they want .same as mrs Dalloway. Her she is thinking of her pastSeptimus suffers from a nervous breakdown, abnormal self-conscious and on the edge of insanity. To the novelists of the new ...

(1 pages) 24 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Saving Francesca" by Melina Marchetta

in her 'group' are going to that school. Her mother was a very energetic woman, but when she has a nervous breakdown, everything seems to be going from bad to worse at home and at school for Francesc ... ancesca. Francesca and her mother are like best friends, they talk to eachother all the time, but a nervous breakdown changed her mother's life for a while and also affected everyone around her. Her m ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Franny And Zooey

until it literally becomes a part of him. Franny tries this procedure herself, until it leads to a nervous breakdown. Both Franny's brother, Zooey, and Franny's mother are worried sick over Franny, b ...

(2 pages) 1915 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Catcher In The Rye

. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in the novel, Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger suffers from a nervous breakdown and falls into a state of depression He has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorde ... ir son to be a healthy young man. With the emotional support he needs, Holden can recover from this nervous breakdown. He will be able to confront his problems and no longer hold back. However, living ...

(4 pages) 37 0 3.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Holden Caulfield's State Of Mind-Catcher In The Rye

as a result Holden is emotionally and mentally disturbed. In chapter five he tells us how he had a nervous breakdown when Allie died and had smashed all the windows in the garage with only his fists. ... to think about what had happened. He thought Mr. Antolini might be a pervert. Holden was confused, nervous, alone and depressed again. He seems to get depressed a lot during the novel.Holden has low ...

(2 pages) 8 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Rudolf Diesel

ing a working engine. He worked for ten years on various heat engines. Diesel worked himself into a nervous breakdown promoting the not-yet-ready engine. Diesel was also a connoisseur of the arts, a l ...

(3 pages) 2538 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Emily Dickinson

. Then she gall in love with a married reverent. After he move she became very depressed. Emily had nervous breakdown because she lost two men she loved. Many of her poems reelects her depressions and ...

(5 pages) 34 0 2.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays