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dc.rights.licenseIn Copyrighten_US
dc.creatorScott, Cara J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-22T19:10:19Z
dc.date.available2016-07-22T19:10:19Z
dc.date.created2016
dc.identifierWLURG38_Scott_ENGL_2016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/33388
dc.descriptionCara J. Scott is a member of the Class of 2016 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.descriptionCapstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I study the suicides of Ophelia from Hamlet and Lady Macbeth from Macbeth, and point out how their words and actions correlate with what was called madness at the time, but what we understand as depression today. I also study the deaths of Juliet from Romeo and Juliet and Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra, comparing and contrasting their suicides with those of Ophelia and Lady Macbeth. . . . I argue in this paper that Shakespeare's difference in treatment among the four women in these plays when it comes to their assumed mental illnesses and ultimate suicides points to ill-informed ideas about mental health in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These beliefs also serve to strengthen the view of women as hyperemotional beings and the tendency to simply write off their potential mental health issues. [From introductory section]en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityCara Scott
dc.format.extent23 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Capstone in Englishen_US
dc.title"Mere Madness": A Study of the Portrayal of Women's Mental Health in Shakespeare's Playsen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.isPartOfRG38 - Student Papers
dc.rights.holderScott, Cara J.
dc.subject.fastShakespeare, William, 1564-1616en_US
dc.subject.fastWomen in literatureen_US
dc.subject.fastMental healthen_US
dc.subject.fastCharacters and characteristics in literatureen_US
local.departmentEnglishen_US
local.scholarshiptypeCapstoneen_US


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