A detailed scene of comedy of errors ensues. ... The peeping tom, viewing this scene of comedy, has the knowledge needed in understanding the characters motives and does not need a full psychological profile of the moment. ... Correctly, Watt has determined that Fielding's novel does not and cannot contain a deep, disclosing psychology of the character in Tom Jones; the comedic complexity of the novel will not allow it. We are told that life is a comedy to the man who thinks2. ...

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