ESSAY : Britain under rule of a mentally diseased King?

1. watch the film “the madness of the King”
2. write an argumentative essay on: Britain under rule of a mentally diseased King?
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BRITAIN UNDER RULE OF A MENTALLY DISEASED KING

      The film ´The Madness of the King¨ deals with the true story of king George III, who ruled Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820. At the beginning of the film, the king, chief authority over the people and the country, is presented as a presumptuous, arrogant man who does what he is told by the Lord chancellor. Apart from that, he does not show sympathy for anybody, and people is obliged to obey his commands and listen to every word he says. His wife, who gave birth to his fifteen children, is a devoted wife who truly loves and cares for him and wants to stay by his side when his health gets weak. His elder son, the Prince of Wales, is an aggressive and ambitious man who is absolutely determined to succeed to the throne.

The royal family's wealth is authentically represented in the film by the huge and elegant castle, the stunning carriages, the classical music concerts the magnificent clothes and the hundreds of servants who spent their lives to serve the king all day long.

     The fact that he had lost the colonies, now called The United States, distressed George very much. He felt absolutely displeased and as days went by he began to show symptoms of a strange disease, which included physical and mental disorders such as nausea and insomnia, strong stomach aches and hallucinations which made him act very strangely. The medical practises were very primitive at that time of history and doctors made the king go through painful physical examinations which did not help much.

  As a result, he was thought to be demented and incapable of rational thought. Consequently he was stranded and  fiercely forced to recover under the violent consequences of being restrained if he refused his food, if he claimed he had no appetite, if he swore, etc. At that moment, he  was longer being treated as a king but as a mad person. During that period of  time the throne of England was pending and his son's desire for power kept rising.

  Finally, after being away in recovery for some time and despite the attempts of his son, the Prince of Wales, of  removing his ill father from the throne, king George III, with the assistance, guidance and cooperation of his people, managed to take up the reins of the government and recover the people's trust.

  It was later found out that the king was suffering from porphyria, a physical disease that affects the nervous system.

   We strongly believe that countries cannot be ruled by a mentally diseased person since there are many important decisions to make that require absolute competence and rationalism.

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