selfishness

Her philosophical novels like 'The Fountainhead' and 'Atlas Shrugged' celebrate rational self-interest as virtue, making selfishness central to her narrative exploration.

Films like 'Barry Lyndon' and 'A Clockwork Orange' dissect human selfishness, ambition, and moral corruption with unflinching psychological precision.

His films including 'There Will Be Blood' and 'The Master' feature protagonists consumed by ambition and self-preservation, exploring how selfishness drives human behavior.