psychological_state

monomania

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Properties

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characteristic
obsessive preoccupation
description
A severe and deeply contracted form of obsession or madness that seized Ahab, intensifying his resolve towards a singular, all-engrossing objective.
effect
intensified delirium
example_person
Ahab
nature_1
final
nature_2
deepeningly contracted

Relationships

  • referenced_byAhab
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    yet, to any monomaniac man, the veriest trifles capriciously carry meanings. “Swim away from me, do ye?” murmured Ahab, gazing over into the water
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  • compared_toHudson
    description
    Ahab's deepeningly contracted lunacy is compared to the unabated Hudson river flowing narrowly but unfathomably through a gorge.
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    source_text
    like the unabated Hudson, when that noble Northman flows narrowly, but unfathomably through the Highland gorge
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    2026-03-02T00:08:19.435Z
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