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

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    Why Are You Obsessed with Me! Victor, Victor, Victor for once it’s shouldn’t be all about you! Novelist, Mary Shelley in her novel, Frankenstein a unnatured and secrecy has been taken a part of something that Victor can get out of. His obsession of creating life out of the lifeless which not only walks but teaches his self how to talk is everything. Mary Shelley is one clever lady. She uses a letter which Victor’s writing but, as the time passes on Walton finishes the letter as Victor’s on

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    What drives Peter’s obsession with gardens? During his narrative, Peter interlaces an approximately present-day account of his experience in an elderly home attempting to construct a garden with an explanation of his fateful trip to the Seven Maidens. On the surface, I find his story of the elderly home to be inconsequential — ostensibly only his gift to Jasper at the end advances the novel’s storyline. As a result, I originally passed off old-Peter’s reflections on constructing a garden as merely

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    beauty. Why are americans so obsessed with trying to feel beautiful? It is as if they were born this way, and they have no other choice but to strive to be beautiful. Reasons why this may be so is because of how americans are brought up and raised. Obsession with beauty starts at childhood, develops into adulthood, and continues until the day they die. Opposing Viewpoint Some people argue the point that americans are not obsessed with beauty. Those people may say that allowing people who are of a fuller

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    Beauty is a timeless obsession. In these days, physical beauty is paraded and idolised. The desire in pursuing a beautiful face and the dream body figure can be seen as a needs in an individual’s life that must be fulfilled accordingly. The beauty obsession in human’s life has already started back in 1400 BC, whereby it is believed that people especially women who lived during the ancient years were exposed to beauty. All women from back then had some sort of regimen to maintain their beauty and

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    Art and Obsession in Heroin Heroin is a fascinating and heartbreaking portrait of an artist who's sole muse is his ex-wife. The film begins with the painter working on his latest portrait of his ex-wife. He discusses their personal history—they met when he was 18, lived in New York, and had a child together. However, there came a point where she found him too possessive and they split. Still, she comes to his studio once or twice a year to be photographed and he uses these photos as studies

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    My Obsession With OCD

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    satisfied and relieved knowing that I have control over almost everything that I do and I can make it as neat, and equal as possible. I truly believe that my OCD has also made me more organized, efficient, and overall a smarter person due to the obsessions of making sure everything is “perfect”. There is almost never a mistake that I have made that I did not notice and fix before it turned into a disaster. When I was about thirteen years old, I newly found out about OCD and after going to the doctor’s

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    who do not enjoy watching various sports activity know at least something about the sports, team, and its players. However, in the world with many sports to participate and be a spectator of America seems very selective with their sports obsession. An obsession that has been known to take over their lives during the season. If you want to know about the devotion of the American public to their sports it would be easy to observe.

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    The obsession becomes so extreme that while Orgon’s wife is ill, Orgon, is more concerned with how Tartuffe is doing rather than his own wife. Cleante Orgon’s brother in law attempts to tell Orgon that he is behaving irrationally, Orgon does not want to admit

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    Even though they report nothing new, Americans will still watch for hours upon hours. The large majority of these television broadcasts deliver stressful and generally upsetting news, but in no way, is this a deterrent to the viewer. The American obsession with spectatorship is a phenomenon created by the inaccessibility of timely and relevant knowledge. This oddly leads to an increase in the demand and likeability of terror. In her piece “Great to Watch”, Maggie Nelson explores the origination with

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