Judge Emmet Sullivan is in the grip of a pathological monomania like the one that drove Herman Melville's Captain Ahab on his suicidal mission to get Moby Dick.
It did not end well for the Captain or his crew.
"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."![](https://cdn.britannica.com/17/109317-004-B0733B0A.jpg)
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