He was really the ultimate stalker - he had been hurt and could think about nothing else. Unlike many stalkers he did not mistake his feelings for love or benevolence, he knew that the strong feeling he had was desire for revenge, or more complicatedly, the desire to resolve the matter differently. He was ready to wait his chance, for however many months it took, and then he had a fixed purpose - "a monomania" as Melville calls it.
Because for many stalkers, their monomania hurts only themselves, it is their self-constructed vulture pecking at their spleen - just as Melville describes.
No comments:
Post a Comment