MANIFESTATIONS OF TRAUMA AND INTEGRATION IN JUDITH THOMPSON’S WATCHING GLORY DIE

Abstract

Trauma represents an everlasting impact of violent incidents that leave indelible scars affecting the victim‘s mind, psyche, and mental capacities. Judith Thompson is one of the famous Canadian playwrights whose plays portray psychological and mental disorders as manifestations of vehement events and death. In Watching Glory Die, she dramatises the dark corners in Canadian prisons and the violent way mental inmates are treated. Gory, the protagonist, goes through a cycle of constant victimisation that destroys her psychological and mental capacities. On the other hand, Thompson presents another character, Gail, a victim and victimiser. The study employs the concepts of traumatic memory and integrated memory of trauma to find out the traumatic effects of imprisonment and injustice.

Authors

Sabah Atallah Khalifa Ali, & Siddiq Mahmood Sabri, & Siddiq Mahmood Sabri, & Siddiq Mahmood Sabri

Keywords

Trauma, Canadian institutionalism, Mental disorders, Victimisation, Integration.

Publication Information

Volume

11

Issue

86

Year

2024

Language

Turkish

Status

Published

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DOI

10.17121/ressjournal.3550

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