Obsessions

This time when I began reading, I understood better what was going on. As I read Chapter 4, I started to think more about "obsessions." I began to see how it affects people. And in the case of the myths, the way it affected the Gods. For example in the beginning, on letter A in Chapter 4, the way Juno's jealousy of her husband's Jupiter mistress, Io, made her thirsty of revenge. She got obssesed with making her suffer, making her pay for what she had done. Juno decided to ask her husband to give his mistredd as a gift to her, so then Juno could decide what to do with her.
"He could not, without exciting suspicion; so he consented. The godess was not yet relieved of her suspicions; so she delivered the heifer to Argus , to be strictly watched."-pg. 1 of Chapter 4, letter A.
This passage got me thinking on how much Juno got obsessed. She couldn't just take the mistress. She had to make her suffer, by sending her to Argus, who made Io had a rough time.
Also, in Chapter 4, on letter D, I found another interesting thing that also made me think about obsession. When Phaëthon, son of the god Apollo and the nympth Clymene, got obsessed when someonle laughed at him for being the son of a god. This made Phaëton obsessed with proving that he was Apollo's son. After this, he decided to go to his mother in order to get to Apollo, so he could give him something that proved, that Phaëton was his son. Phaëton asked if he could use his chariot of the sun, but Apollo warned him that this was a dangerous request, he could cause great devastation in the world. But, Phaëton only cared about his obsession, about proving that he was the god's son. Phaëton careless, got the chariot and caused a great disaster:
"He wished he had never touched his father's horses, never learned this parentage, never prevailed in his request...He loses his self-command, and knows not what to do...He sees with terror the monstruos forms scattered over the surface of heaven...Great cities persihed, with their walls and towers; whole nations with their people were consumed in ashes!...Then Phaëton beheld the world on fire, and felt the heat intolerable...The Earth creacked open...The sea shrank up..." pg. 3 Chapter 4, Letter D.
After reading this passage, I was able to conclude that when people get obsessed with something, they make decisions with out been aware of the consequences. And by doing this, they cause great devastations.