"If Chronos had had to use someone as an example, perhaps he would have identified with Hamlet in his moments of maximum introspection, or with Jacques at the height of his morbid self-indulgence. The Seagull's Konstantin with a hint of Morrissey, & yet there was also something of Macbeth in him, and not a little of Hannibal Lecter, as we will see. Cronos was the first to discover that a brooding silence is often taken for a sign of strength, wisdom and power. He was the youngest of the twelve, and had always hated his father. The deep, penetrating poison of envy & resentment was shattering his mental health, yet he had managed to hide the intensity of his hatred from everyone except his devoted sister Rhea, the only member of the family with whom he felt enough in confidence to reveal his true nature. (Stephen Fry)"