PAOLA CASTRO MARLENE JIMENEZ RAEGAN SANCHEZ JULIO CARBAJAL
FEBRUARY, 2013 PERIOD 1
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THE DEFINITION AND DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT WHICH
UNDERLIE AND GUIDE PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY. FIRST LAID OUT BY
SIGMUND, PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY HAS UNDERGONE MANY REFINEMENTS SINCE
HIS WORK PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY CAME TO FULL PROMINENCE AS A
CRITICAL FORCE IN THE LAST THIRD OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AS PART
OF THE FLOW OF CRITICAL DISCOURSE AFTER THE 1960S.
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MANY OF THE CHARACTERS ARE PLAGUED WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
THAT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THEIR DEMISE.
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ACT III.IV.107-142 (pp. 177-178)
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Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects the way a person
acts, thinks, and sees the world. MISCONCEPTIONS Schizophrenia
refers to a "split personality" or multiple personalities
Schizophrenia is a rare condition. People with schizophrenia are
dangerous. People with schizophrenia cant be helped.
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Hmm.. Hamlet does have schizophrenia
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As evident, Hamlet is one of the only characters who can see
his fathers ghost. Not only that, but he can also communicate with
him. Given this, it is possible that Hamlet has been having
hallucinations about his father, thus categorizing him as a
schizophrenic character.
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ACT III.I.57-70 (pp. 123-125)
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Bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) causes
serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking, and behavior from the
highs of mania on one extreme, to the lows of depression on the
other. MISCONCEPTIONS People with bipolar disorder cant get better
or lead a normal life. People with bipolar disorder swing back and
forth between mania and depression.
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SYMPTOMS: Feeling hopeless, sad, or empty, Inability to
experience pleasure. Feelings of worthlessness or guilt Thoughts of
death or suicide
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In the famous To Be or Not To Be soliloquy that has been much
overused, lies Hamlets most dramatic example of a bipolar disorder.
Hamlet has a dilemma between living and dying, in which he express
many feelings that back up his desire for each thought. Hamlet has
these Feelings simultaneously, thus categorizing him as
bipolar.
a normal reaction to loss, life's struggles, or an injured
self-esteem. SYMPTOMS Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness
Unexplained aches and pains Unusual preoccupation with death or
dying. Expressing strong feelings of hopelessness or being
trapped
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AS IT IS MADE CLEAR BY HAMLET HIMSELF, HIS MAIN CAUSE OF
DEPRESSION IS THE LOSS OF HIS FATHER. AS FOR OPHELIA, THE DEATH OF
HER FATHER IS ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF HER DEPRESSION. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY VISIBLE WHEN SHE SINGS THE SONG THEN DISAPPEARS AND IS
KNOWN TO BE DROWNED IN THE SAME ACT AND SCENE
