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    Hamlet's Obsession With Death In Hamlet, William Shakespeare presents the main character Hamlet as a man who is fixated on death. Shakespeare uses this obsession to explore both Hamlet's desire for revenge and his need for assurance. In the process, Shakespeare directs Hamlet to reflect on basic principles such as justice and truth by offering many examples of Hamlet's compulsive behavior; as thoughts of death are never far from his mind. It is apparent that Hamlet is haunted by his father's death

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    of sports before high school. Recently there has been a huge obsession with youth sports. There are parents and kids that will play their sport year round and have no break. This can have many effects on kids. Some of the effects can be either harmful or non-harmful. The obsession for youth sports is much more harmful towards the children than it is helpful. It will be able to hurt the children physically, or mentally. The new obsession with youth sports today is harming the children because of injuries

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    People rarely carelessly use the articulation "obsession" in consistent talk, insinuating themselves as "chocolate addicts" or "fanatical specialists." However oppression isn't a comment disturbed. Reliance on alcohol, pot, specialist endorsed remedies, wagering, and distinctive substances or activities can cause bona fide therapeutic issues and issues with relatives, allies, partners, work, money, and the law. Be that as it may, despite these issues, a man continues using the substance or make part

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    In “Tartuffe” Orgon seems to be obsessed with Tartuffe and his religious stance. This obsession can likely stem from the manner in which Tartuffe behaves, as seen in ACT III scene III in the play Tartuffe begins to sweet talk to Elmire and says “your health is priceless and to preserve it I’d gladly give you my own in all sincerity”. Those so called kind words spoken by Tartuffe demonstrates why Orgon believes Tartuffe is a person to be idolized. Tartuffe who was once homeless before Orgon takes

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    Obsessed with Obsession As the child-like desire to be admired becomes a general consensus for modern day teens, the world begins to see the vein nature that is becoming of its future generation. Teenagers today care more for followers and favorites than true family and friends. Allowing their obsession to be obsessed about by others take over their lives, solely to get a temporary fix of attention in the form of 'favorites' by screaming out in a toddler like fashion 'Look at me daddy, look what

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    Obsession In Moby Dick

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    This dangerous consequence of obsession and fixation often impacts the subject of obsession. Lolita is a direct victim of Humbert’s mania however Moby Dick, the subject of Ahab’s obsession is quite the opposite. Unlike Lolita, in the story of Moby Dick, Ahab is the victim of his own obsession and it is this obsession that leads to his doom. Ahab however cannot see this, his hatred of Moby Dick overpowers him and only his crew mates can see reason such as Pip, “I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab

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    Love, jealousy and obsession is a relevant theme in most tragedies. In tragedy, the introductory love a protagonist feels for another character is often organically surpassed by stronger emotions of jealousy and obsession. This arises when the individual lacks a fundamental sense of identity and leads to the downfall of a hero or, modernly, a regular person. Othello introduces this idea in the first scenes of the text, when Othello weds Desdemona. This event creates a conflict between Brabantio and

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    starved, and amputated. The impetus behind his dreadful research arose from his obsession and determination to progress science, but, instead, these plans caused countless deaths. Similarly in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, individuals, like Victor and the monster, become obsessed with their goals and, similar to Josef and his murdering of his subjects, harm others for the progression of their dreams. All obsessions stem from one’s striving to accomplish greatness in society

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    we had read. Also the journey that each character had to face and go through physically and or emotionally. Obsession can be shown in every single book we read because it is so easy to find. The text that stood out the most and shown the most were Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and also Dr.Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. In the short story Hamlet obsession can be shown by Hamlet himself obsessed with killing Claudius the husband of Hamlet’s mother because Claudius

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    in all the characters. The theme of obsession has been consistent and the central focus of the three main characters Victor, the creature, and Robert. With this central theme in mind the author, Mary Shelley shows that obsession leads to the characters suffering negative psychological and physical effects, as well as impair their decision making. This is depicted through the decline of physical and mental health through Victor’s struggles with his obsessions with knowledge and justice. Victor Frankenstein’s

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