Some writers describe Brown as a monomaniacal zealot, others as a hero. Foyle becomes a monomaniacal and sophisticated monster bent upon revenge. The subject is not insane, dim-witted or monomaniacal, nor were these [conditions] achieved while incarcerated. F. Murray Abraham felt his character was "so interesting because he is so monomaniacal". He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship "Pequod". However, she was not monomaniacal and went on to do "A-Z of Van Gogh". The monomaniacal Ilanthe, leader of the breakaway Accelerator Faction, seeks dominion in the Void. A monomaniacal scientist has invented ultra-sensitive magnetic fields, which begin to attract objects from space.