Mental illness in 'In Cold Blood'
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- Created on: 28-05-22 12:26
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- Mental illness
- Introduction
- Capote presents that mental illness affects one's thoughts and actions
- Such as why D and Perry committed their crime
- Mental illnesses can have a prominent influence on behaviour
- During this time, extreme stigma and fear existed surrounding mental illness.
- People with mental illnesses were considered to be ‘imbeciles’ ‘idiots’ or ‘lunatics'.
- There was no incentive to cure mental illnesses as they weren't 'serious' - people were sent to asylums which weren't effective.
- This was as a result of ignorance.
- Capote presents his political views: that the death penalty was wrong - Perry wasn't in the right mental state.
- Capote personally faced struggles with his mental health.
- His nerves were rattled after he wrote the novel.
- His already high use of alcohol and drugs worsened.
- His alcoholism destroyed his 35-year relationship with Jack Dunphy.
- Capote later died due to health issues linked to his addiction in the 80s.
- Capote presents that mental illness affects one's thoughts and actions
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- Extract 1: The Clutters (P6-7)
- The Clutters to Capote represent the reality: that mental illness was more common than thought.
- Even a member from a 'perfect', American Dream achieving family suffers from a mental illness.
- Bonnie Clutter experienced Postpartum-depression.
- Attitudes towards mental illness were negative, no one really understood, the severity of mental illnesses were often belittled.
- We can see this through the reaction of society - her mental illness is described as being 'nervous' and that she experienced 'little spells'.
- As a result of Bonnie's depression, she was receiving treatrment.
- This is ineffective - Bonnie isolates herself from her household and experiences mental breakdowns.
- Shows lack of research done into this field.
- The severity was belittled?
- This is ineffective - Bonnie isolates herself from her household and experiences mental breakdowns.
- The Clutters to Capote represent the reality: that mental illness was more common than thought.
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