Paper topic

My paper is focusing on the affect of interest involving attraction to the unknown or misunderstood. I will be focusing on Riquet's attraction to Rosetta compared to the narrator's attraction to Bartleby. Both Riquet and the narrator are fascinated by a character that does not seem to make sense; almost an enigma to what is considered a normal person. Once I discover what this affect of attraction is doing to these characters, I will extend it beyond the individual, trying to sort out where the attraction to an unknown or strange subject can be seen as a common thought for a general population.