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Life’s But a Walking Shadow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J.M. Jara
Affiliation:
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
J. Tavares
Affiliation:
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
L. Paixão
Affiliation:
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
P. Carriço
Affiliation:
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract

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The approach to mental states made in literature even before the sistematization of psichopathology, contributes to the comprehension of mental illness by giving it an almost universal and timeless perspective.

Hamlet walked the stage wearing several masks which succeeded themselfs.

Throught the presentation of a psychiatric story we would like to go through some of the masks present in Shakespear's work. From Othello to Juliet, from Desdemona to Hamlet, to Ophelia.

Following the internment of a 75 year old women, a biography with romanesque and tragic features emerged from her clinical condition: a love story and the Othello syndrom of her Romeo.

Type
P02-292
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009
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