Created by Victoria Broshears on Tue, 03/19/2024 - 00:59
Description:
This image depicts the stages of Schizophrenia inside the brain, via CT. The image comes from a website with multiple different images depicting gray matter loss in boys and girls, as well as what a brain without Schizophrenia, and with looks like. This image relates to the theme of the macabre because Schizophrenia relates a lot to the unknown, as well as Schizophrenia includes hearing voices, hallucinations, or delusions. This can be seen in a bad light and cause fear, or lead to more severe issues. This is expressed in Edgar Allan Poe's, A Tell-Tale Heart. A Schizophrenic man ends up killing someone due to their abnormal eye, which leads to his Schizophrenia worsening. Throughout the story, there is a constant eerie and spooky feeling which resonates with the theme of the macabre. In A Tell-Tale Heart, the man says, "I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth./I heard many things in hell." This quote signifies that the man has been hearing voices due to his actions as well as his mental disability. The man says later, "Villians! Dissemble no more! I admit the deed!-tear up the planks! here, here!-It is the beating of his hideous heart!" This quote portrays the man showing the police the murder he committed. Due to him becoming overcome with guilt and hearing the dead man's heart beating because of it. While this story does a good job of portraying mental illness as well as symptoms of Schizophrenia. During Edgar Allan Poe's upbringing and future lifetime, Schizophrenia was considered a rare disorder.
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