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picture depicts Antoinette, who is suffering from the disease Hysteria. People
who are hysterical often lose self-control due to an overwhelming fear that
may be caused by events in one’s past that involved some sort of severe
conflict. The fear can be centred on a body part or mostly on an imagined
problem with that body part. Through this novel, Madness is intricately linked
with images of heat, fire, and female sexuality. Antoinette feels rejected and
displaced with no one to love her .She becomes paranoid and solitary and prone
to vivid dreams and violent out bursts. This madness consigns her to live
invisible and shameful lives.
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