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Madness Alcithoe driven mad by Dionysus. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 16] driven mad by the Furies. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 16] goes mad upon marriage; stabs husband. [Br. Lit.: Bride of Lammermoor] (Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem) first asylum for the insane in England; noted for brutal treatment of its patients. [Br. Hist.: EB, I: 924] goes mad when husband dies. [Br. Lit.: Venice Preserved, Benét, 1052] inmate of London’s lunatic asylum; female counterpart of Tom o’ Bedlam. [Br. Folklore: Walsh, Modern, 55] angered Artemis; she drove him mad. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 47] Dionysus drove him mad. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 48] performs a manic comic character with persecution complex. [Br. TV: “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” in Terrace, II, 108] mentally unbalanced; vacillates between love and religion. [Br. Lit.: Sir Charles Grandison, Walsh Modern, 99] (Darwesh) member of ascetic order; frenzied, whirling dancer. [Muslim Rel.: Parrinder, 75; Jobes, 433] curing of madness attributed to her intercession. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 107] great mad scene caused by betrayal of Arthur. [Ital. Opera: Bellini, Puritani, Westerman, 133–135] (Furies) three sisters who tormented those guilty of blood crimes, driving them mad. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 320] goes mad upon loss of betrothed. [Br. Opera: Rhodes, Bombastes Furioso, Walsh, Modern, 64–65] half-demented castaway. [Br. Lit.: Treasure Island] Spanish general goes mad on seeing the body of his murdered son. [Br. Drama: The Spanish Tragedy in Magill II, 990] goes mad as all desert him. [Brit. Lit.: Shakespeare King Lear]
brilliant musician attains pinnacle; rapidly deteriorates mentally. [Ger. Lit.: Doctor Faustus] frustration causes her to murder husband. [Ital. Opera: Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, Westerman, 126–127] crazy gentleman who co-hosts mad tea party. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland] four eccentric women foil capitalistic exploiters. [Fr. Lit.: Benét, 618] tries in vain to stay the insanity that eventually overwhelms him. [Australian Lit.: The Fortunes of Richard Mahony in Magill II, 341] crazy rabbit who co-hosts mad tea party. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland] brash Irishman, lobotomized in asylum after causing numerous scandals. [Am. Lit.: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest] four years in sanitarium; thought mad, treated for epilepsy. [Russ. Lit.: The Idiot] goes mad after father’s death. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] driven insane by lover’s betrayal. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso] insane wife of Edward Rochester. [Br. Lit.: Jane Eyre] an inmate of London’s lunatic asylum. Cf. Bess o’ Bedlam. [Br. Folklore: Benét, 3] or “profoundly sane” ? [Am. Hist.: Hart, 883] thought of blood drives him to murder and suicide. [Aust. Opera: Berg, Wozzeck, Westerman, 480–481] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They ran thus: "AN IMPENETRABLE MYSTERY SEEMS DESTINED TO HANG FOR EVER OVER THIS ACT OF MADNESS OR DESPAIR. By the time we dragged him out of that, his madness had shifted to the belief that he was a great swimmer, and the next moment he was overboard and demonstrating his ability by floundering like a sick porpoise and swallowing much salt water. Madness in its first stage--monomania--is a lack of proportion. |
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