Adventure Of The German Student Character Analysis

In the story the “Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving, tells the reader that the main character Gottfried Wolfgang has a problem throughout the whole story he thinks there's an evil spirit messing with , which I believe it lie within Wolfgang himself. Wolfgang came from a good family and a very educated young man but his studies made him go a little crazy because he started thinking and seeing things that weren't even there. “His secluded life, his intense application and the singular notion of his studies had an effect on both mind and body, His health was impaired his imagination diseased” (Irving 2). He had an ideal world of his own he thought there was “evil influence hanging over him an evil genius or spirit seeking to ensnare him and ensure his perdition” ( Irving 2). Wolfgang really thought there was an
Furthermore Wolfgang falls in love with this women and expresses his love to her “ Wolfgang avowed his passion for her” (Irving 20). The women has the same intension, like Wolfgang. In the morning he leaves his bride asleep as he goes on an airen once he returns he tries to wake her only to find out she was a corpse. “ Horrified and frantic, He alarmed the house” (Irving 28). He tries to blame it on the evil spirits that have been messing with his mind “”They tried to soothe him, but in vain he was possessed with the frightful belief that an evil spirit had reanimated the dead body to ensnare him, he went distracted and died in a mad house” (Irving 34). but I believe that Wolfgang had a mental disease or illness that made him think that things were there and looked as if it was real but it was all in his head and made him go crazy and ended up dying from