One Flew Over The Cuckoo S Nest Ratched
In one flew over the cuckoo s nest published in 1962 ken kesey introduced nurse mildred ratched the domineering administrative head of the psychiatric ward at salem state hospital.
One flew over the cuckoo s nest ratched. One flew over the cuckoo s nest if mcmurphy serves as a christ figure nurse ratched is the antichrist. Mcmurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. One flew over the cuckoo s nest. Bromden describes ratched as being like a machine and her behavior fits this description.
Mostly fans are comparing this series which follows nurse ratched a character of the same name from ken kesey s 1962 novel one flew over the cuckoo s nest to american horror story. Mcmurphy a new inpatient who has pled insanity to escape manual labour and whose underestimation of the institution and ensuing conflict. A former army nurse nurse ratched represents the oppressive mechanization dehumanization and emasculation of modern society in bromden s words the combine. She s had it all the years i been here.
She enters the ward in the morning wearing a black cape reminiscent of a vampire as if to suck the lifeblood from the patients. A cold heartless tyrant nurse ratched has become the stereotype of the nurse as a battleaxe. To escape labor duties in prison mcmurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Her nickname is big nurse which sounds like big brother the name used in george orwell s novel 1984 to refer to an oppressive and all knowing authority.
Nurse ratched also known as big nurse is a fictional character and the main antagonist of one flew over the cuckoo s nest first featured in ken kesey s 1962 novel as well as the 1975 film adaptation. One flew over the cuckoo s nest is a 1975 american drama film directed by miloš forman based on the 1962 novel one flew over the cuckoo s nest by ken kesey. Once here mcmurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive nurse ratched who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. One flew over the cuckoo s nest.
The film stars jack nicholson as randle mcmurphy a new patient at a mental institution and features a supporting cast of louise fletcher brad dourif will sampson sydney lassick william redfield danny devito and christopher lloyd in his film debut. Even her name is reminiscent of a. She represents authority conformity bureaucracy repression evil and death.