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Evan G

Fascinating and Flawed: In Cold Blood Review | The Space Between the Arts - 0 views

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INCOLDBLOOD

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  • g Smith and Hickock: namely, a complete disregard for human life. Each man knows that society says it is wrong to kill another person, but they simply do not care. Capote insinuates that this lack of compassion for others is itself a type of insanity.
  • Evan G on 13 Mar 12
     
    This source reviews ICB, remarking that it does a stellar job at discussing the insanity of the killers, who do not feel any remorse, regard, or compassion in taking the lives of others. They are not 'technically' criminally insane; they know exactly what they are doing. Their insanity is a different type, a sort of detached lack of human capabilities, as they fail to regard life with any import or significance.
Ellen L

The Insanity Defense - 0 views

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In Cold Blood insanity defense

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  • Years from now, when socialist historians of the future examine the dead carcass of US capitalism, they will pay special attention to the growing barbarism of the penal system in the late 20th century. While most attention will obviously be paid to the reintroduction of the death penalty and a racist judicial system that incarcerates minorities disproportionately, there will also have to be close look at the tendency to treat mentally ill people as common criminals.
  • The insanity defense was first used in the case of an 1843 assassination attempt on British Prime Minister Robert Peel by a psychotic individual named Daniel M'Naghten. When a physician testified that M'Naghten was insane, the prosecution agreed to stop the case and the defendant was declared insane despite protests from Queen Victoria and the House of Lords.
  • Ellen L on 21 Mar 12
     
    Originally used in 1843 for an assassination case, the insanity plea has been used by many cold killers to save their lives in return for being labled as a sociopath. Both Dick and Perry undergo psychological evaluations to determine if they, too, qualify for this sentence.  Interestingly enough, this defense now seems to be a thing of the past, as some courts require their jury to answer whether or not a criminal understood his actions.
Connor P

Gale Power Search - Document - 0 views

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#5 frankenstein sanity vs insanity chaos vs order

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  • It shares also the sense of crossing lines or boundaries and of otherworldliness. The enormous popularity of the Gothic novel had actually passed by 1816, but the genre, with its emphasis on darkness, madness, the supernatural, and strange passions, has never been fully dead.
  • Connor P on 16 Feb 12
     
    This talks about the theme of sanity vs insanity and chaos vs order. The gothic elements helps make the novel dark and chaotic in which Victor must define because of his responsibility. The helpful gothic elements of madness and darkenss help further these themes
Ben R

Severe mental illness | How to know the difference between mental illness and insanity ... - 0 views

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  • Ben R on 23 Mar 12
     
    Talks about the distinct difference between mental illness and insanity, and it is clear that Perry does display some of the signs of mental illness, and had those problems been addressed at a young age maybe the Clutter family would still be walking this earth today. Fitting the nature vs nurture theme it seems to be because of this neglect that perry receives at a young age his what seemed to be small defects or twitches per-say were likely overlooked but his adventurous father.
Willie C

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as i lay dying

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  • Willie C on 29 Feb 12
     
    "The most prolific narrator is Darl, the second-oldest son, who has unusual perceptive abilities but is committed to an insane asylum for setting fire to a barn in a futile attempt to end their ridiculous journey, a ten-day ordeal in July without the aid of embalming"
  • Willie C on 29 Feb 12
     
    This source provides a short but thorough analysis of the basic themes in the novel. The quote focuses on Darl, and his seemingly insane actions, which also seem very reasonable. This goes along with the theme of sanity vs. insanity.
Evan G

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INCOLDBLOOD

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  • Perry's mental health is even more questionable; he suffers from "'paranoid' orientation," "poorly controlled rage," and a disordered thought process
  • Evan G on 13 Mar 12
     
    This site discusses the question of sanity vs insanity as well as biases and prejudices on the part of Capote. The source makes clear that even nonfiction novels are bound to be subliminally prejudiced; in this case, Capote tries to subconsciously explain away and bring sympathy for the killers.
Evan G

What Makes a Psychopath? Answers Remain Elusive | LiveScience - 0 views

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INCOLDBLOOD

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  • Lack of empathy, guilt, conscience or remorse Shallow experiences of feelings or emotions Impulsivity and a weak ability to defer gratification and control behavior Superficial charm and glibness Irresponsibility and a failure to accept responsibility for their actions A grandiose sense of their own wort
  • Evan G on 13 Mar 12
     
    This source discusses the characteristics of pyschopaths, as well as some of the base causes that drive people criminally insane. As one can see below, between Perry and Dick, every one of the listed traits of a serial killer pyschopath is listed below.
Sydney C

THE CLUTTER FAMILY KILLINGS: COLD BLOOD - 1 views

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in cold blood'

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  • "Smith, in his confusion, jealousy, anger, disappointment - and spite - reactively and instinctively thrust that hunting knife into Herbert Clutter's throat (Smith may also simultaneously have been displacing his anger onto the victim, thereby symbolically killing his feckless paramour).
  • Evan G on 13 Mar 12
     
    Dealing with speculations regarding the insanity of the killers, this site personalizes Smith as a rather unmasculine, almost soft person. All his past experiences, abuses, and hatred welled up inside him, and when he killed Herb, it was as though he was taking his anger out against the world. Insanity theme
  • Sydney C on 23 Mar 12
     
    This is an interesting perspective on the killings, placing the murder on a fit of "romantic jealousy". It also provides a theory on the sexual orientation of smith and hitchcock...
Evan G

Frankenstein's Monster: A Product of Society - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com - 0 views

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Frankenstein

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  • Frankenstein continually views the monster as an ongoing experiment. This encourages a feeling of ostracization and contempt in the monster
  • he monster never experienced true growth with a mother and/or father.
  • wants to be accepted by his creator, and when he does not receive this acceptance, he desires a female companion, perhaps as a direct result of the lack of a mother figure in his life.
  • Evan G on 21 Feb 12
     
    This source discusses the role of parenthood (both father and mother) in the novel. It mentions the fact that Frankenstein does not view his monster as a son, or even friend; instead regards him as an IT, a soulless, emotionless being, leading to feelings of isolation and alienation in the monster. This results in the rage and hatred, and possible insanity that the monster undergoes.
Ellen L

Access : Social isolation delays the positive effects of running on adult neurogenesis ... - 0 views

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neuroscience Frankenstein isolation

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  • Social isolation can exacerbate the negative consequences of stress and increase the risk of developing psychopathology.
  • individual housing precludes the positive influence of short-term running on adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus of rats and, in the presence of additional stress, suppresses the generation of new neurons.
  • These results suggest that, in the absence of social interaction, a normally beneficial experience can exert a potentially deleterious influence on the brain.
  • Ellen L on 20 Feb 12
     
    Studies have shown that a lack of social interaction turns usually beneficial activities, such as running, into detrimental ones, as a lack of interaction causes elevated levels of corticosterone to be produced, suppressing the generation of new neurons. This reflects the fine line Victor walked between sanity and insanity, as the isolation has a tendency to produce psychopathic effects. 
Ellen L

Why We Write About Grief - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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As I Lay Dying death nytimes grief

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  • writing has always been the way I make sense of the world. It’s a kind of stay against dread, and chaos.
  • After she died, I kept writing — and reading — trying to understand or just get a handle on grief, which was different from what I thought it’d be. It wasn’t merely sadness; I was full of nostalgia for my childhood, obsessed with my dream life and had a hard time sleeping or focusing on anything but my memories.
  • Ellen L on 28 Feb 12
     
    This NYTimes article discusses how people cope with death through various means of art and communication--specifically writing. The authors interviewed in this article explained how this form of communication was the only way they could understand what happened, thus saving them from the insanity of being lost. The Bundren family copes with Addie's death in no communicative way. As this important outlet does not exist within the household, it may well explain the strewed psychological states of many of the characters. 
Vivas T

JSTOR: Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 1962), pp. 87-95 - 1 views

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AILD

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      Vivas T on 01 Mar 12
       
      This article portrays the fine line between sanity and insanity through the display of Darl's actions and character in the novel.
David D

In Defense of Darl's Sanity - 0 views

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as i lay dying

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  • David D on 28 Feb 12
     
    Each member of the Bundren family in Willam Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying is unique and memorable, but the most complex of these characters is the second son.
  • David D on 28 Feb 12
     
    Darl is sent away by his remaining family to an insane asylum at the end of the book. However, his thoughts and actions during the trip were sane, especially when viewed against those of his family. His omniscient point of view may be eerie to Dewey Dell and Jewel, but in the end Darl understands the true nature of his family.
Sydney C

AS I LAY DYING: THE INSANE WORLD - 0 views

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as i lay dying

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  • Sydney C on 29 Feb 12
     
    focuses on darl and his role in AILD as well as his ability to oversee everything
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