Erotomania

"As long as you don’t choose, everything remains possible.” 118 year old Nemo Nobody is the last living mortal in a world where something called telemerization has created a population of semi-immortals . He tells of his life at three critical points: at age nine, age sixteen, and age thirty-four. This is no ordinary story however, as he tells of alternate life paths, often changing course with the flick of a decision or by some seemingly insignificant event. One path leaves Nemo married to Elise, a painfully depressed woman who never got over the unrequited love she had when she was a teenager and who asked Nemo to swear that when she died he would take her ashes to Mars. A second path leads to a passionless marriage with Jean, which proves to be a life of luxury and success but also of sheer monotony. A third life path consists of a fervid romance with his step-sister Anna. The two are left to spend their adult lives searching for each other after being separated as teenagers. Nemo 's life paths repeatedly intersect, with each woman entering an alternate life in some aspect. Are any of these lives real or are they simply delusions? Director Jaco Van Dormael uses visuals, complexity, emotional elements, and philosophical theories to produce a gripping film which stays with the viewer long after the screen has gone black. Stunning visuals hold and capture the audience 's attention throughout the film. Van Dormael uses symmetry, vibrant colors, contrast, and up-close shots to…

Her name is Bianca and Lars is in love with her. He’s convinced that she’s a real person and that they are going to spend their lives together (Gillespie, 2007). He talks to her and wheels her around in a wheel chair. After his brother and sister in law plead with the town; the town-goers all agree that they will act like Bianca is a real person. Eventually, Lars takes Bianca to a doctor, who is also a psychologist and she is able to help him somewhat cope with his life. During the movie, you…

Unrequited love is like a bee sting. While you are enjoying your time, in the midst of nature, channeling through the flowers and plants, seeing the beauty circling around you. Although, nature doesn’t have a mutual connection with you. Nature contains bees which can "hurt" you. A bee sting is simple and petite yet it's nature's way of expressing how it feels about you which is how you may enjoy or love nature but it doesn't act the same. The delineation of nature not caring for you shows the…

When there is love, there is must also be rejection and human beings have always had a hard time getting past it. This includes various characters in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Characters in this play have shown a lack of rationality when faced with unrequited love. These characters are Antonio, Sir Andrew and Malvolio. Up first is Antonio, a sea captain. Firstly, Antonio can’t see that Sebastian doesn’t love him in the same way. After saving Sebastian from drowning to death,…

A Pawn: Erotomania, Silencing, and, Reduction to Appearance in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Within the five acts of William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”, there are only two female characters featured within the text, one of them was a young and impressionable girl named Ophelia who was only present within 5 of the 25 scenes. Most of the text focused on Hamlet and his male counterparts—who make up the patriarchy of the play—strong personalities, struggles, and challenges. However, Ophelia plays the…

Gay’s first line being “Micheline Bérnard always loved Lionel Desormeaux”, is right to the point illustrating her love for him. Gay also states in the beginning paragraph “Micheline would sit in a cabana, invisible. She would lick her lips and she would stare. She would think, “Look at me, Lionel,” but he never did” (Gay). According to an article in Symptoms, Causes and Treatments, this is typical for someone who resembles the symptoms of Erotomania. Micheline was in complete love with Lionel,…

Stalkers that are presidential intimacy seekers, of course become infatuated as well as desire a relationship with the individual, they also believe the individual has feelings for them (Phillips, 2006). Intimacy seekers suffer from Erotomania delusions and pathognomonic (Phillips, 2006). Mrs. Doe is a perfect historical example of an intimacy seeker; she spoke of her affection towards Bill Clinton and possessed delusional love interest (Phillips, 2006). Presidential nuisance and attention…

she has in a sense lost contact with the reality that lies outside of the confounds of her head. Morello lives within the boundaries of her internal reality, and it makes it all the more difficult for her to understand that her love for Christopher is completely unrequited, and in a sense completely impossible to occur. She may also suffer from erotomania, which falls under her state of delusion. Erotomania is a type of delusion in which a person believed that another individual typically of a…

their relationship. Unfortunately, in most cases simple obsession stalking can escalate extremely quickly and result in unfortunate circumstances for the victim and stalker including death by way of murder or suicide. The second type is love obsessional, a form of stalking in which the stalkers become obsessed or fixated with a person with whom they have no close relationship. They form attachments with casual acquaintances, and even complete strangers. “The majority of these cases…

Although stalking behavior has long been acknowledged as problematic, it was not recognized as a crime until California took legislative action in 1990. Relatively few studies exist that fully explore the psyche of the stalker, in part because this crime has only recently been recognized. However, it is clear that a multitude of factors combine to create stalking behavior. For example, stalkers may be male or female. They may be "motivated by anger, revenge, jealousy, absolute fantasy, or…