1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character goes mad after spending time in isolation for too long. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob loses his sanity after spending time at home by his lonesome for months. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Bob instantly goes insane only after ''a full day'' of complete alone time. |
5 | *** Bob instantly goes insane after ''a full nanosecond'' of complete alone time. |
6 | ** Bob goes insane after months of being surrounded by less than 25 people. |
7 | ** After several months, Bob becomes an OmnicidalManiac. |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob can bear with being alone for an extended period of time, but nevertheless makes the effort to interact with others once in a while. |
9 | * '''Justified''': |
10 | ** Bob [[HatesBeingAlone can't stand the thought of being by his lonesome]] for long periods of time. |
11 | ** Humans are inherently social animals, and being deprived of social interaction for prolonged periods of time have severe negative effects on both our mental and physical health. |
12 | * '''Inverted''': |
13 | ** Bob goes mad from being surrounded by company for too long. |
14 | ** Bob embraces isolation as a form of enlightenment. |
15 | ** Bob's time away from society has notably improved his mental health. |
16 | * '''Subverted''': |
17 | ** Bob has spent alone time at home for months but keeps his sanity in check by preoccupying himself with other activities. |
18 | ** Alice is Bob's first human contact after a long time without activities or people. She thinks he's gone crazy, but he was just teasing her. |
19 | ** At first Alice thought Bob had gone mad from isolation but then she finds his RoomFullOfCrazy from before isolation and detailing his worldview. Turns out it was the other way around. |
20 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
21 | ** [[StepfordSmiler He's only putting up a façade of mental competence.]] |
22 | ** But, as soon as she leaves, he starts BecomingTheMask. |
23 | * '''Parodied''': Bob was perfectly sane while talking to Alice, but he becomes a nervous wreck the instant she turns away from him. |
24 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': |
25 | ** Bob's sanity wanes and waxes in his alone time. |
26 | ** The overwhelming majority go mad from extended isolation. A very small few gain EnlightenmentSuperpowers but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality tend to become so alien in thinking]] that many suspect it is PowerBornOfMadness. The main evidence against this theory is [[MadOracle that their assessments]] [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight prove correct even if they sound ridiculous]], [[HowUnscientific or something long discredited]], [[TheExtremistWasRight or morally questionable to objectionable.]] |
27 | * '''Averted''': Bob doesn't go insane from spending time alone for extended periods of time. |
28 | * '''Enforced''': ??? |
29 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I've lost it! I can't take this total separation any more!" |
30 | * '''Invoked''': Bob is sentenced to solitary confinement, and from there, his sanity deteriorates as time progresses. |
31 | * '''Exploited''': In Bob's absence, [[TheRival Mike]] takes over his life. |
32 | * '''Defied''': Bob goes to public places every day so he'll be surrounded by company and not feel alone. |
33 | * '''Discussed''': "I don't want to be alone for too long. I could go mad." |
34 | * '''Conversed''': "Boy, isolation did a bigger number on Bob than it did on Alice." |
35 | * '''Implied''': Bob is rather more prone to blank, [[ThousandYardStare thousand-yard stares]] after his period of absence than before. |
36 | * '''Deconstructed''': Everybody else thinks (erroneously) that Bob is TheHermit and ''wants'' to be alone, so they forget he ever existed. |
37 | * '''Reconstructed''': ...all except his old LoveInterest Cathy, who sustains him psychologically with periodic visits. |
38 | * '''Played for Laughs''': Bob tells himself progressively stranger jokes to try to ward off insanity, ultimately coming to [[LaughingAtYourOwnJokes laugh at his own jokes]] and making himself LaughingMad. |
39 | * '''Played for Drama''': Bob is DrivenToSuicide in his insanity. |
40 | * '''Plotted a Good Waste''': The whole point of the story is to show what a toll complete isolation would take on somebody like Bob, and how [[AndThatsTerrible that's terrible]]. |
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