Mental Illness in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mental Illness In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Mental Illness In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Abstract
Mental illness is a prominent problem in today’s troublesome world. Each day many people are diagnosed with a mental illness, most commonly depression. The human mind becomes tarnished when a person has a mental illness, and often the illness takes over a person’s life completely. Mental illness is a serious problem and often goes untreated or misdiagnosed. The darkness within a person’s mind is one of the toughest aspects of life for people to conquer and many lose themselves in the fight. To further understand mental illness, it would be easiest to peer into the life of someone with one of these illnesses. For example, taking a closer look at the lives of actor Heath Ledger, and fictional character Victor Frankenstein, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein can help humans gain insight into the mind of a troubled soul.
Mental Illness In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
In the world today, there is hardly a patch of land that has not been explored, examined, and put into the archives of human knowledge. There is one place however, that continues to be a clouded region of mystery even in the eyes of experts, this place being the human mind. Although countless experiments, studies, and examinations of the mind have been conducted, and humans may have made enormous advancements in knowledge of the mind, there continues to be a cloak of shadows in the way, concealing some of the brains most hidden secrets. This becomes even more mystifying when considering how unique each individual person is, in other words, each human mind contains secrets that no other human possesses. It is enchanting to think about the knowledge one could gain simply by being able to peer into the mind of another with the ability to comprehend their thoughts, memories, and subconscious. When speaking of the human mind, however, it may not be as light-hearted as one may think. All people have the
Mental Illness In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Abstract
Mental illness is a prominent problem in today’s troublesome world. Each day many people are diagnosed with a mental illness, most commonly depression. The human mind becomes tarnished when a person has a mental illness, and often the illness takes over a person’s life completely. Mental illness is a serious problem and often goes untreated or misdiagnosed. The darkness within a person’s mind is one of the toughest aspects of life for people to conquer and many lose themselves in the fight. To further understand mental illness, it would be easiest to peer into the life of someone with one of these illnesses. For example, taking a closer look at the lives of actor Heath Ledger, and fictional character Victor Frankenstein, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein can help humans gain insight into the mind of a troubled soul.
Mental Illness In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
In the world today, there is hardly a patch of land that has not been explored, examined, and put into the archives of human knowledge. There is one place however, that continues to be a clouded region of mystery even in the eyes of experts, this place being the human mind. Although countless experiments, studies, and examinations of the mind have been conducted, and humans may have made enormous advancements in knowledge of the mind, there continues to be a cloak of shadows in the way, concealing some of the brains most hidden secrets. This becomes even more mystifying when considering how unique each individual person is, in other words, each human mind contains secrets that no other human possesses. It is enchanting to think about the knowledge one could gain simply by being able to peer into the mind of another with the ability to comprehend their thoughts, memories, and subconscious. When speaking of the human mind, however, it may not be as light-hearted as one may think. All people have the
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