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Nurse Ratched
Nurse Ratched
(also known as "Big Nurse") is a
fictional character
and the main
antagonist
of
Ken Kesey
's 1962 novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
, as well as the
1975 film
. A cold, heartless tyrant, Nurse Ratched has become the stereotype of the nurse as a
battleaxe
. She has also become a popular
metaphor
for the corrupting influence of power and authority in
bureaucracies
such as the
mental institution
in which the novel is set.
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