When he sees the carvings on the tree, he knows he has lost Angelica and he begins to go mad.

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"You don't go to bed mad, " says the couple's daughter, Madeline Corso, recalling her father's advice.

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He chose the theater to survive, so he wouldn't go mad.

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And I'm going to go boy, girl, boy, girl -- (laughter) -- to avoid anybody being mad at me.

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The tragic hero, having gained great power, would get greedy (koros), grow over-confident to the point of overwhelming arrogance bordering on moral blindness (hubris), go mad with power (ate), and then get brought low (nemesis).

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