In my opinion, Johnny Depp’s portrayal of the Mad Hatter in this film was multidimensional and layered with expression in comparison to other depictions. Mad Hatter: Bipolar disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Psychosis can be defined as an abnormality of the mind, which causes a “loss of reality.” Overall, Alice exudes the symptoms of psychosis, which is caused by schizophrenia. It is also common for individuals afflicted with schizophrenia to experience hallucinations and delusions, for example, believing you are living in a backwards world such as Wonderland. She is constantly misunderstood and chastised for her odd comments and thoughts. Lack of social engagement is also a symptom, which can explain the inability for Alice to converse with her mother, Hamish, Hamish’s mother, etc. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, and hearing voices, all of which Alice exudes. Schizophrenia is defined as abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality. Individuals suffering from DAD will have reoccurring nightmares or night terrors, portraying themselves in a situation that jeopardizes their life or personal safety, and usually occurs during the REM stages of sleep.Īnimals that speak, a cat that smiles and evaporates into thin air, a hookah-smoking caterpillar, cake that makes you grow and a drink that can make you shrink examples of Alice’s dreams until one day when she could not “wake herself up” and realizes it was more than a dream, and that these creatures were real. It’s all truly beautiful once you view it in the same positive and analytical perspective I’ve stumbled upon. It is merely a theory that I believe those responsible for this movie have indirectly beautified mental illnesses and portrayed them in such lovely ways that the naked eye does not notice right away. My dissecting and diagnosing of fictional characters is not intended to offend anyone with said disorder.
However nowhere is it said that these were their intentions.
Don’t believe me? Maybe dialogue that is used several times throughout the movie can attest to my theory:īut I’ll tell you a secret. The beauty I see in this movie is stems from director Tim Burton, his writers', as well as the producers’ ability to inadvertently shed light on multiple mental disorders, alluding them throughout the movie via main characters.
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