Nicole that perfectly targeted Dick 's vulnerabilities ? The `crazy ' woman 's own revelation that she understands Dick 's reasons for marrying her (her sickness ) - as well as her pleasure in Tommy Barban 's love - indicates an acute awareness of her own captivating powers . Nicole is a force which easily ``belittle (s ) [Dick 's] megaphone (27 . Dick eventually concludes that ``the dualism in his views of her - that of the husband , that of the psychiatrist (170 ) are destroying his life...











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