Fascination Of The Abomination Analysis

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The Fascination of the Abomination: I feel as though what Marlow implies by this is that we humans tend to become fascinated, almost mesmerised in a sick and twisted way by abominations. We wonder how people are capable of such actions and it lures us in and captivates us. I can relate to this, because I myself have a fascination of the abomination. I am fascinated by psychopaths. How are they unable to feel? It’s unfathomable to me. It intrigues me that there are people who just simply are not capable of feeling and so they carry out these horrendous acts and just live life freely as though there is no existence of the concept of right and wrong. When something goes wrong on the street, such as an accident or a shooting, people stop to observe.

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