Before she was known as the infamous Harley Quinn, the jester themed accomplice of the Joker, she was Dr. Harleen Quinzel, a psychiatrist interning at Arkham Asylum. Her origin story, first featured in “The Batman Adventures: Mad Love” (Dini & Timm, 1994), states that her original intention upon joining that particular field of applied psychology was her desire to learn what drove her father to become a con man, who used his charm to ruin the lives of others and her family. It is no surprise that these traits eventually drew her to the Joker in whom she found a supposed “kindred spirit” and a lover. Their relationship was one founded on lies, manipulation, and abuse. However, much to chagrin of the audience, Harley Quinn will continuously return back to the Joker despite his …show more content…
poor treatment of her and it has left many fans puzzled as to why.
The case of Harley Quinn is one that is often misdiagnosed. Contrary to popular speculation, she does not suffer from Stockholm Syndrome. Rather, she suffers from a condition known as traumatic bonding. According to an article written by Consulting Clinical Psychologist Dr. Joseph M. Carver, PhD, Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological condition in which hostages emotionally bond with their captors as a coping mechanism. However, in all universes, Harleen Quinzel is the one to approach the Joker because of a bond and attraction that was established beforehand. Due her position as a doctor at Arkham Asylum, she was the one in control of the situation. His status as an inmate would prevent him from ever holding her against her will. Therefore, her case cannot be labelled as such. The term “traumatic bonding” is a better fit. It is part of the
cycle of abuse and “occurs as the result of ongoing cycles of abuse in which the intermittent reinforcement of reward and punishment creates powerful emotional bonds that are resistant to change” (Sanderson, 2008). This is a key facet in the portrayal of their twisted relationship. In each DC universe, the Joker will use and manipulate her, casting her aside and bringing her back to him for his own gain. No matter how much her hurts and betrays her, Harley Quinn will return to his side. These core aspects of traumatic bonding are easily recognizable in the dynamics of their relationship. She continues to believe in his promises of love, is detached from the reality of his poor treatment of her, and continuously fights a losing battle (Stines, 2015). But most significantly and despite her best attempts, she is unable to live without her “Puddin”.
Mary Chase’s comic play, “Harvey” is about the adventures a man named Elwood P. Dowd and his friend Harvey, an imaginary rabbit pooka. Because Elwood sees Harvey his sister, Veta, and niece, Myrtle Mae, try having him admitted him into a sanitarium. But because of the sister’s hysteric, the sanitarium doctors admit her into the hospital instead of her Elwood. The rest of the play is about the doctors and family trying to find Elwood and Harvey so that the doctors can give Elwood a shot that would make him stop seeing Harvey. However, in the end Veta decides not to allow the doctors to give Elwood the shot, in fear of how he might act after the shot is given to him. Chase’s, “Harvey” approaches, in a very light, comically way, the stigma surrounding mental illness. The text parallels how society treats individuals who suffer with mental illness. People with mental illnesses are treated poorly compared to the average person, are often isolated and acceptance from family members is hard to gain. However, despite how an
In “Girl Interrupted” Susanna Kaysen, the main character, goes through many episodes that give a picture of the disorder she’s suffering from. The first such incident occurs when the psychiatrist talks to Susanna about her failed suicide attempt. During the conversation, she is seen as confused and irritated by his presence. While the psychiatrist questions her, her mind seems to be somewhere else because she is having flashbacks of her past, maybe a sign of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). Susanna seems uncertain about things, she claims that she does not know what she feels.
She becomes suspicious, noticing every little detail that Ethan does. Panicking, she figures out a way to save both of their relationship, by faking her illness to the next level and firing Mattie in order to get another maid. When Zeena developed her ‘sickliness,’ she “fell silent” (Wharton 39), because Ethan “never listened” (Wharton 39). Up to the point until Mattie came to live with them, she started to say more than she has ever said. She started to break her silence slowly because of her jealousy. “She grumble[s] increasingly over the house-work” (Wharton 18) and remarks that he’s “always late, [because he] shave[s] every morning” (Wharton 19). Zeena also “found oblique ways of attracting attention to [Mattie’s] inefficiency” (Wharton 18). Zeena, at this point of time in the novel, notices the strong connection that Ethan and Mattie have developed for each other. After Zeena speculates those things and tells Ethan, her “thrusts frightened him” (Wharton 19). He had “assumed that [Zeena] would not notice any change[s] in his appearance” (Wharton 20). Ethan is blind to Zeena’s perception. He seems to think the things that he has done with Mattie does not betray or deceive Zeena. He is ignorant of what is going around him. Despite Zeena’s ‘thrusts’ he doesn’t think anything of it. He continues his secretive relationship with Mattie, while Zeena notices his changes
Victims of Stockholm syndrome can exhibit insomnia, nightmares, general irritability, difficulty concentrating, confusion, distrust and flashbacks (Stockholm Syndrome). Victims can experience the same “gut” feelings, the same smells, the sense of terror, and all the other emotions they experienced at the time of the crisis. This is called emotional memory. It is your brain’s way of protecting you. This automatic function can make coping after Stockholm syndrome
In the film, American Psycho, Patrick Bateman was a wealthy investment banker who also happened to be a serial killer. He was highly intelligent and was charming which attracted many of the women who came his way. Unlike most people in the world, he lived in constant pain. He was rarely happy with himself, and also hated everyone around him. He felt that he needed to inflict his pain on others in violent ways. He always had something disgusting to say such as, “I like to dissect girls; I am utterly insane.” It is outside of the norm to speak in this way, therefore he would be considered deviant. He displayed feelings of distress as he became frustrated very easily with himself and others. Everything
One day, John from Oleanna and Laura Kipnis, author of “Unwanted Advances” meet in a coffee shop and have a discussion. They discuss a myriad of ordinary topics and then eventually get onto the topic of intellectual freedom. While Kipnis claims to be a feminist, she seems to value intellectual freedom above all else in her essay, so she would probably agree with John on the importance of intellectual freedom. Along similar lines, Kipnis would probably urge to John that sexual paranoia is leading to a decrease in the expression of thought and intellectual freedom. In Kipnis’s “Unwanted Advances”, she writes about how sexual paranoia is changing the overall climate at higher education institutions. Kipnis writes, “the culture of sexual paranoia
This is why Kristen behaved impulsively and hurt others, had unstable emotional responses, and had unstable relationships. Her narcissistic personality disorder would explain her need to be a hero and have attention. According to the DSM-5 criteria, the symptoms include Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance, expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it, exaggerating your achievements and talents, being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate, believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people, requiring constant admiration, having a sense of entitlement, taking advantage of others to get what you want, having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others, being envious of others and believing others envy you, and behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner. This can be brought on by an abuse parental relationship, or biological factors (Mayo Clinic, 2016). Kristen showed the existence of these symptoms by the way she treated her family, friends and co-workers. It is especially evident in the way she killed without any conscience and expected her co-workers to look up to her and did seem to care if she hurt
Do chick flicks give woman unrealistic expectations? The solemn purpose of these movies are to sooth a woman’s soul mainly dealing with love and romance that usually target a female audience. They are typically heavy in emotion and are relationship-based; for example, A Walk to Remember. However, there’s more to it. Woman use romantic movies as a form of catharsis, to give innocent men a break from their emotional girlfriends, and to satisfy a women’s mind by giving them higher, often unrealistic expectations.
This investigation will examine a few key works by the anonymous female artist group know in popular culture as the Guerrilla Girls. In this essay it will reveal several prominent themes within the groups works that uncover the racial and gender inequalities in politics, art and pop culture with the use of humor. These collaborating artists work and operate with a variety of mediums, their works display a strong message concerned with activism connected by humor allowing the Guerrilla Girls to communicate and resonate a more powerful message to the viewer. The ways in which this collaborating group has employed many questions and facts against the hierarchy and historical ideologies which have exploited women and their roles in art. This investigation will allow the reader to identify three areas in which the Guerrilla Girls apply a certain forms of humor to transform society’s view on the prominent issue of gender in the art world. These specific ploys that are performed by the Guerrilla Girls are in the way they dress, the masks they wear, pseudonymous names of dead women artists and the witty factual evidence in their works. These are all examples to evoke audiences in challenging not only the art society which dictates the value and worth of women in art but also to confront yourself and your own beliefs in a way that makes audiences rethink these growing issues.
Sarah Waters’ Affinity reflects the subjection of the main character, Margaret Price, to the ideology of her parents and the high society of England. In the passage from pages 209-210, Margaret’s subjection comes out in her discussion with Selina Dawes of the function of the women in society. This passage shows Margaret’s acknowledgment of herself outside the normal guidelines of women in society; this belief in herself as an outcast, ironically, further subjects Margaret to the position of women in her society.
3)National Alliance for the Mentally Ill , NAMI presented Kay Jamison with an award for her advocacy work for manic depression.
According to Varcarolis’s Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, “Borderline personality disorder is characterized by severe impairments in functioning. The Major feature of this disorder are patterns of marked instability in emotional control or regulation, impulsivity, identity or self-image distortions, unstable mood, and unstable interpersonal relationships.”(Halter, 2014). Susanna demonstrates many of these features. She has few friends, is easily angered, and demonstrates impulsive behavior and poor coping mechanisms. One main coping mechanism that is mentioned many times in the film is Susanna’s promiscuity. This is demonstrated by an affair with a married professor, a sexual encounter with her boyfriend on the unit while in the hospital, and the seduction of a male orderly on the milieu. Self-destructive behaviors are also very common in individuals with Borderline personality disorder. Susanna validates this trait by her lack of motivation, conversations about suicide, and her suicide
Stockholm syndrome or what some people call “capture bonding” is a psychological phenomenon where victims show positive feelings or emotional bonding with their captors. Sympathy and empathy are the common feelings expressed by these hostages. These feelings may last even after they are free from their captors. It is important to note that stockholm syndrome is not a disorder but a “survival mechanism” victims unconsciously use as an act of self-preservation. Stockholm syndrome is in some ways similar to the battered person syndrome.
In 1979, Caryl Churchill wrote a feminist play entitled Cloud Nine. It was the result of a workshop for the Joint Stock Theatre Group and was intended to be about sexual politics. Within the writing she included a myriad of different themes ranging from homosexuality and homophobia to female objectification and oppression. “Churchill clearly intended to raise questions of gender, sexual orientation, and race as ideological issues; she accomplished this largely by cross-dressing and role-doubling the actors, thereby alienating them from the characters they play.” (Worthen, 807) The play takes part in two acts; in the first we see Clive, his family, friends, and servants in a Victorian British Colony in Africa; the second act takes place in 1979 London, but only twenty-five years have passed for the family. The choice to contrast the Victorian and Modern era becomes vitally important when analyzing this text from a materialist feminist view; materialist feminism relies heavily on history. Cloud Nine is a materialist feminist play; within it one can find examples that support all the tenets of materialist feminism as outlined in the Feminism handout (Bryant-Bertail, 1).
Drag has been used as a way of healing for some, it allows an individual to create a new self of self and draw on their own strengths (Yee, 2011). By entering the world of Drag it is opening a world of possibilities for an individual, and allows them to make close relationships with others within the Drag world (Yee, 2011). This was the case for Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, or Katya for short. Katya is a beautiful drag persona of Brian Joseph McCook (Runyon, 2017). Katya competed in seasons two and seven of RuPaul’s Drag Race, which is where she was able to make a large public appearance (Rudolph, 2016). During December 2016, Brain shared in an interview that he struggled with addiction, throughout his college years at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Daw, 2018). Brain was quoted in an interview with Christopher Rudolph saying: “I’ve been through hell on meth, but I’ve also been up in the clouds, and that’s why you do it” (2016). Brain shared that he was scared of failing and he was using pills and meth to cope with his fear of failure.