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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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