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Obsessiveness
Ahab, Captain obsessed with whale. [Am. Lit.: Moby Dick] obsessed with crippled son. [Nor. Lit.: Little Eyolf] single-minded success addict. [Br. Lit.: Hard Times] goldsmith who murders to regain what he created. [Ger. Opera: Hindemith, Cardillac, Westerman, 487] “very principle of his life [was] the systematic exercise of revenge.” [Am. Lit.: The Scarlet Letter] wrapped up in caring for her immaculate home, to the exclusion of all human relationships. [Am. Drama: Craig’s Wife in Hart, 191] “everlastingly knitting” before the guillotine as heads fell. [Br. Lit.: A Tale of Two Cities] compulsively thinks, talks, and writes about King Charles’s head. [Br. Lit.: Dickens David Copperfield in Brewer Dictionary, 520] only goal in life becomes winning at cards. [Russ. Opera: Tchaikovsky, Queen of Spades, Westerman, 401] personification of law’s inexorableness; relentlessly tracks down Valjean. [Fr. Lit.: Les Miserables] could not think of anything but lover Wilson. [Br. Lit.: Humphry Clinker, Magill I, 394–397] mysterious submarine captain who attempts vengeance against society. [Fr. Lit.: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea] neglects his business in unremitting effort to perfect a paper-making process. [Fr. Lit.: Balzac Lost Illusions in Magill II, 595] determined at any cost to become Emperor. [Br. Lit.: I, Claudius] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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