Writing Homework Help

ASSIGNMENT 4

Reading: Madness in America-2 [in Files on Canvas]

Homework on Reading and Lecture: Give short definitions/discussions (a few sentences) of each term or concept or answer the questions; describe the essence of the contribution made by each philosopher, scientist, and artist.

Nervous system

Physiognomy

Diagnostic categories: Mania, Melancholy, and Dementia

Moral insanity

John Brown (the abolitionist)

Phrenology

Why did civilization (allegedly) cause city dwellers to go mad?

What was the medical reason to build Central Park in New York?

Why did freedom (allegedly) cause Indians and Africans to go mad?

Homework on Film:

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) is a German silent horror film about patients in an insane asylum. Throughout the film, there is a confusion between illusion and reality: the audience wonders: who is the real Dr Caligari?