A absolute monarch is someone who is the only ruler of his/ her country, and doesn't have a government. He killed anything any one that got in his way. When he was a small boy he killed small animals. He may have had a mental disorder, because when things did not go his way he would often bang his head on the floors and furniture. Ivan then grew increasingly viscous and mean, and that showed in his rein. Ivan had quick mood shifts and lacked emotion.