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Jonas, Adam, and Martha define their lives by their relentless desires, leading to destructive behaviors and tragic consequences. Their choices reinforce the cycle—Jonas's various killings of Martha and her reciprocation of violence, Claudia's tragic decisions, and Ulrich's obsessive quest for Mikael—all underline how the inability to break free from desire traps characters in an eternal loop. As Tannhaus remarks, while choices can be made, they are ever tethered to wants that are predetermined by innate drives.