Obsession
“My limbs now tremble, and my eyes swim with the remembrance; but then a resistless, and almost frantic impulse, urged me forward; I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit”Obsession, when does it cross the line into insanity? Or are all obsessions insane? All living things have obsessions be they habitual, mental or physical. Maybe they are what keep us sane. Obsession is one of the most chosen topics to be the main theme in books. Murder mysteries are the most obvious examples with their dark mysterious, often brilliantly mad, obsessive behaviour of the main character. There are books that contain the usual everyday obsession. Yet the most interesting books seem to step off in a tangent of twisted tales, full of enigmatic experiences, that draw your every thought and feeling towards them, perhaps creating an obsession of their own? One of the best books ever written with the theme of obsession would have to be Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. A tale of a young man so obsessed with his good looks, that his narcissism soon drives him crazy. This is not the only obsession the main character Dorian Gray exper
The more a person with a narcissist or borderline personality builds you up in his mind as perfect, the more he will hate you when you reject him. Its grotesque gothic genre sends chills down your back as you sit alone, with the hollow night stretched out across your window. The resemblance between these mystical characters and Bobby Ambrosino is that they are unable to drag themselves from the powerful grasp their obsessions take as Oscar Wilde explains in the view of Dorian’s character ‘He hated to be separated from the picture that was such a part of his life. ’ By killing her, he destroys his only reason to live. This gives the reader a view into the main characters life of degeneration, and hate of what he is doing. Theme – to create life after death, an impossible task – or is it? Dr Frankenstein’s dark mysterious secret giving reason to neglect friends and family over his insane obsession ‘Forget those friends many miles absent. ’ By killing her, he destroys his only reason to live. Lines on death and corruption are common in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, as youth and getting the most out of life are the most important things for Dorian and Lord Henry. Is Obsession Harmless?“My limbs now tremble, and my eyes swim with the remembrance; but then a resistless, and almost frantic impulse, urged me forward; I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit”Book: FrankensteinObsession, when does it cross the line into insanity? Or are all obsessions insane? All living things have obsessions be they habitual, mental or physical. The more a person with a narcissist or borderline personality builds you up in his mind as perfect, the more he will hate you when you reject him. ’Dorian Gray shuns his family and friends for his obscene obsession, locking himself away in his own dark, destructive world. In his eyes she has, in some way, humiliated him by rejecting him. Why? This can be explained by Michael Connor a Clinical Psychologist. So obviously obsession is harmful to not only the person with the obsession but to people around them. An article in Cosmopolitan last month had a rather interesting story of a tale of destructive, obsessive behaviour.
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Oscar Wilde,
Dorian Gray,
Mary Shelly,
Frankenstein Obsession,
Clinical Psychologist,
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Harmless Obsession,
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mary shelly,
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