Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24520051-20170220195430/@comment-18172179-20170512150601

I don't think so. Tantalus was tormented as food and water would forever elude him as a punishment from the gods, even though he desperately reached for it. The Monkey poem is more a reflection about how an obsession will drive you to self-destruction; in the case of the monkey, his determination to get the food prevents him from escaping the self-inflicted trap, much like Batman's personal crusade.

At least I got Shroe to read the synopsis :P