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  • From: Joshua <joshuaemrich AT yahoo.com>
  • To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [percy-l] Percy-L Digest, Vol 96, Issue 4
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:18:08 -0700

They are 2 different women. And questions can be dumb.


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On Oct 10, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Alex Bell <alexbell25 AT tamu.edu> wrote:

> hello all,
>
> I'm a English graduate student at Texas A&M, and i have a question that
> hopefully can be answered (or at least assuaged) with consensus. In _Love
> in the Ruins_ Tom More repeatedly reminisces on his dead wife Doris. we are
> told that she was a highly principled yet non-religious woman (i believe he
> refers to her as an ex-episcopalian who found interest in eastern
> religion). Ellen Oglethorpe, Dr More's secretary and eventual lover, is the
> referred to in a similar fashion-- a Presbyterian who has "no use" for God,
> but who adheres to a strict moral code. How then are we to differentiate
> these women (if we even are to do so), especially in regards to their
> effect on More? can More's "choosing" of Ellen be a return to a previous
> state of life--life before the loss of his child--or is there as subtle
> difference between Doris and Ellen which i am missing?
>
>
> thank you in advance for any enlightenment
>
> Alex Bell
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