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    In the 1800s people with mental illness were thought to be insane. Patients were placed inside institutes similar to a prison they were beaten and abused as a way of trying to cure them. Some families would try and take care of their ill family member(s) to avoid treatment at an institution. Though workers of the institute had tried to keep the ways of treatment secretive; many people did not know of the treatment in Mental institutes and had been curious about what it was like for those inside of

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    Plays as Film YOUR NAME: Daniele Owens Dramatic Worksheet 10 Points PLAY TITLE: A Streetcar Named Desire Type your answer after the A: Take as much space as you need. 1. In a sentence or two‚ what is the premise of the play? A: The premise of the play is Blanche’s covering of reality with fantasy and deceit within herself. 2. Describe the exposition. A: The exposition is the 1940s in New Orleans‚ LA. Blanche took a streetcar named Desire from Laurel‚ MS to

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    and all aspects of their lives. Through her dictatorial rule‚ Nurse Ratched dehumanizes the patients in a way that would be undeniably prosecutable in present day. However‚ Kesey wrote this novel in the 1960s. During this time period‚ people deemed “insane” were seen as sub-human by society. Their maltreatment was not emphasized because of the image society had maintained of the people on the ward and the general public ’s ignorance as to how the patients were getting treated. Today‚ equality throughout

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    once used for public executions and contains the grave of a local hangman (Jones‚ 2008). 3. Hanning cemetery is haunted by an apparition of an elderly man (Jones‚ 2008). 1. In 1893‚ a woman named Marge supposedly escaped from the asylum (Goldman‚ 2001). 2. The asylum was home to inhumane treatments like electric shock therapy and water treatments (Goldman‚ 2001). A. There is a crybaby bridge located on the west side of town (Smith‚ 2007). B. There is an old abandoned church nicknamed Hell located

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    The Second Great Awakening was the second wave of Evangelism which was known as a revival movement during the early 19th . After the American Revolution‚ the establishment of new denominations gave way to more democratic sects. Fears that secularism was taking off sparked the Second Great Awakening. Anglicanism (church of England) got pushed to the back behind the newly found Methodist and Baptist‚ which began to attract large congregations. Baptist and Methodist preacher led the movement by hosting

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    Louis Nowra’s semi-autobiographical play‚ Così is a touching yet biting portrayal of human relationships in a Melbourne mental institution ostracised by society.  Prior to the 1970s‚ those who suffered from mental disorders were sent to mental institutions in order to prevent them from bringing shame onto their families and the community. Since there was little scientific progress on mental health‚ people with a spectrum of ‘illnesses’ were admitted. These ‘illnesses’ ranged from true mental instability

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    their craving for horror movies decreases. King believes everyone is mentally ill‚ but those who are outside the asylums hide it better. People pay to watch new horror movies to feel the adrenaline. If a person does not have an interest in horror movies‚ then they have a replacement to feel the adrenaline such as roller coasters. Horror movies or roller coasters can make a person insane‚ but keep them sane as well. Horror movies keep the audience on their toes almost during the whole movie. In “Why

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    Like Chinua Achebe‚ John Kennedy Toole explores the dilemma of nonconformity through the outrageous character of Ignatius J. Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces. Ignatius J. Reilly is different from the men in the Reserve Police Battalion 101 and Okonkwo in that he is an innate outcast. Because of his traumatic childhood and upbringing‚ Ignatius J. Reilly is a well educated thirty-year-old man with the mentality of a child. Ignatius struggles to conform to adulthood and puts forth his best effort to

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    Title ~ Silence of the Lambs Author ~ Thomas Harris Genre ~ Crime Fiction/Thriller/Drama/Horror Setting ~ Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Baltimore‚ Maryland. This is where Clarice interviews Doctor Lecter before any deals are made to move him to any other hospital. ~ “The Cage” in Memphis‚ Tennessee. After Doctor Lecter spoke to the Senator about her daughter‚ he was placed in The Cage on the top floor of the courthouse‚ being part of the deal that he had made

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    Culture is what makes up our countries‚ cities‚ states‚ and communities; each place has different foods‚ clothing‚ religions‚ races‚ architecture‚ geography‚ and many more influences. These subjects define us and how we live. They contradict us from everyone else; they are examples of our unique characteristics. In the 1860’s the North and south were different. Besides the fact that we were in the middle of a civil war‚ the cultures were almost opposites. The southern parts of the United States were

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