Looking for a particular character type
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ryan2
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Looking for a particular character type
I might ramble a bit in my description since I might not exactly know what I am looking for:
I am trying to track down a particular type of character that I have not really had enough reading experience with. The type of character I am looking for is a character that is consumed by hatred. I think usually when a character is consumed by hatred they turn their hatred toward themselves and become depressed. This is not what I am looking for. What I am looking for is a hatred character that is invigorated by their own hatred or the acts of their hatred. I do not want the character to act the way they do because they are at some mental, emotional, or social disadvantage. I don't want to feel sorry for them or have proved the inferiority of their position so that their philosophy can be so easily dismissed. I guess I'd like to read a good strong position of hatred.
I think maybe what I am looking for might be a kind of in depth spiritual hatred if such a thing is possible.
I am trying to track down a particular type of character that I have not really had enough reading experience with. The type of character I am looking for is a character that is consumed by hatred. I think usually when a character is consumed by hatred they turn their hatred toward themselves and become depressed. This is not what I am looking for. What I am looking for is a hatred character that is invigorated by their own hatred or the acts of their hatred. I do not want the character to act the way they do because they are at some mental, emotional, or social disadvantage. I don't want to feel sorry for them or have proved the inferiority of their position so that their philosophy can be so easily dismissed. I guess I'd like to read a good strong position of hatred.
I think maybe what I am looking for might be a kind of in depth spiritual hatred if such a thing is possible.
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andr70
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You know, one day I saw a play, where the leading actress was a girl of 7 .Her character was going through many problems, no parents, no friends, just a couple of eldery women who took care of her.The thing that impressed me most was that the girl was always seeking for something good in any terrible situation, and it really helped 
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Dolphin
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Try "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
There are two characters to look at, that fit what you might be looking for.
The book is set in colonial times; this woman is condemned for adultery. Unknown to the rest of the town, it is the pastor who is the other guilty party. The actual husband finds out he is the other guilty party, but does not let the pastor know he knows, and is bent on having his revenge through a slow process of making the pastor feel guiltier and guiltier. As the pastor is consumed with guilt, his sermons get better and better, and so he becomes more and more accoladed. The desire for revenge invigorates Chillingworth, while guilt consumes and breaks down Dimmesdale. It is an excellent book, and I think it has the kind of character you are looking for, although not the main character. Let me know if you try it out.
There are two characters to look at, that fit what you might be looking for.
The book is set in colonial times; this woman is condemned for adultery. Unknown to the rest of the town, it is the pastor who is the other guilty party. The actual husband finds out he is the other guilty party, but does not let the pastor know he knows, and is bent on having his revenge through a slow process of making the pastor feel guiltier and guiltier. As the pastor is consumed with guilt, his sermons get better and better, and so he becomes more and more accoladed. The desire for revenge invigorates Chillingworth, while guilt consumes and breaks down Dimmesdale. It is an excellent book, and I think it has the kind of character you are looking for, although not the main character. Let me know if you try it out.
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SoggyPeanutPatrol
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Milton's Satan in Paradise Lost is driven by his hatred of God and the Son. He's not unlikeable.
The main character in Hubert Selby's The Room lives on the hatred for the two cops that arrested him. He never gets to act on his hatred in the real world, but he sure has an active imagination. I do recommend this, but it's taken me a long time to come to that decision.
The main character in Hubert Selby's The Room lives on the hatred for the two cops that arrested him. He never gets to act on his hatred in the real world, but he sure has an active imagination. I do recommend this, but it's taken me a long time to come to that decision.
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ryan2
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I didn't like the Scarlet Letter because Hawthorne was far too dramatic for my tastes.
"Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world."
Many people might like that kind of stuff, but to me, that is ridiculous. I appreciate the sentiment, but it is just far too dramatic. Being descriptive is excellent, but turning a light bulb into the Light of God is ridiculous.
The Room sounds interesting though.
"Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world."
Many people might like that kind of stuff, but to me, that is ridiculous. I appreciate the sentiment, but it is just far too dramatic. Being descriptive is excellent, but turning a light bulb into the Light of God is ridiculous.
The Room sounds interesting though.
