Geraldine: I'm quite sane! Rance: Pull yourself together. Why have you been certified if you're sane? Even for a madwoman you're unusually dense.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A sane person is told they are too dense to be certified as mad.
- In plain terms
- Even as a madwoman you are too thick to be truly insane.
- What can you take from it?
- Insanity standards can be arbitrary or subjective.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who decides what sanity looks like?
- How do labels affect self perception?
Another view
The humor relies on outdated views of mental health.
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