Analysis of Characteristic System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Allan Poe in that Era Part 1
A. Preface
Thank
God all praise belongs to Allah SWT. Which has deliciously healthy and have the
grace and blessing that i could finish the paper with the title "Analysis
of Characteristic System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Allan Poe
in that Era”. I would like to thank all my friends and my lecturer who have
helped resolve this paper well. This paper made for the last semester exam in
History of American Literature.
B.
Background
At
the time this story was written, the care of the insane was a significant
political issue in the United States. This analysis will explain about the
relation between this work and the historical background which happen in the
time this work made. This work tells about a man who came to an asylum. But
it’s different with the others, because this asylum use a system of soothing
which treat patient without any punishment and just let all the patient live
with freedom. In this work, poe tells about the situation of many asylum in
united states. People were calling for asylum reform because the mentally ill
were being treated as prisoners, while increased acquittals due to the insanity
defense were criticized for allowing criminals to avoid punishment.
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