The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed Minds

Memory plays an important role in most of Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare delves into the dark realms of human consciousness to reflect the disturbed minds and gnawing consciences of his characters with a profound psychological insight into the human psyche. Time, memory, madness and death seem to...

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Main Author: Ekmekçioğlu Neslihan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Gender Studies
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spelling doaj-289a43706e4347c2990f3e310a73054c2020-11-25T00:10:15ZengSciendoGender Studies1583-980X2286-01342015-12-01141334710.1515/genst-2016-0003genst-2016-0003The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed MindsEkmekçioğlu Neslihan0University of Çankaya, Yukarıyurtçu, Eskişehir Yolu 29. Km, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No.4, 06790 Etimesgut/Ankara, TurkeyMemory plays an important role in most of Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare delves into the dark realms of human consciousness to reflect the disturbed minds and gnawing consciences of his characters with a profound psychological insight into the human psyche. Time, memory, madness and death seem to be the basic issues dealt with in his canon. My paper will address the uncontrollable mnemonic fragments within the human consciousness which reflect past traumas, fears and disturbances and will examine the cases of Ophelia and Lady Macbeth from a feminist reading of women.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2015.14.issue-1/genst-2016-0003/genst-2016-0003.xml?format=INTconsciousnessmemorypatriarchysuppressiontrauma
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The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed Minds
Gender Studies
consciousness
memory
patriarchy
suppression
trauma
author_facet Ekmekçioğlu Neslihan
author_sort Ekmekçioğlu Neslihan
title The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed Minds
title_short The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed Minds
title_full The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed Minds
title_fullStr The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed Minds
title_full_unstemmed The Uncontrollable Mnemonic Fragments within Consciousness Reflecting Ophelia’s and Lady Macbeth’s Disturbed Minds
title_sort uncontrollable mnemonic fragments within consciousness reflecting ophelia’s and lady macbeth’s disturbed minds
publisher Sciendo
series Gender Studies
issn 1583-980X
2286-0134
publishDate 2015-12-01
description Memory plays an important role in most of Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare delves into the dark realms of human consciousness to reflect the disturbed minds and gnawing consciences of his characters with a profound psychological insight into the human psyche. Time, memory, madness and death seem to be the basic issues dealt with in his canon. My paper will address the uncontrollable mnemonic fragments within the human consciousness which reflect past traumas, fears and disturbances and will examine the cases of Ophelia and Lady Macbeth from a feminist reading of women.
topic consciousness
memory
patriarchy
suppression
trauma
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