Dunstan Ramsay had a number of women pass throughout his life. Each of the women played an important role in his life. His mother caused him to become isolated and distant from women. Mary Dempster took away Dunstan's childhood because of the guilt he felt for her simplicity, and he also was the only woman he truly loved. Leola caused Dunstan to experience jealousy and pity. Diana is also controlling and manipulative, like Dunstan's mother, which is why he leaves her. Through Diana, the reader sees how much Dunstan's mother has affected his life with women. Liesl made Dunstan realize that he felt no emotion, and she caused him to feel it again. She brought him out of the isolation his mother put him in. All of these women played an important role in Dunstan's spiritual and emotional development.
Dunstan's mother, a tough Scots woman, led him through his life. She placed herself above God in his life. He began his life liking his mother, but when she whipped him for dropping some eggs when he was performing magic, he lost all respect for her and came to thoroughly dislike her. She was very controlling and had bad mood swings. Because of her controlling and manipulative ways, Dunstan became isolated from and untrusting of women.
Dunstan felt guilty for the simplicity of Mary Dempster and for the difficult and premature birth of her son Paul. The incident not only took away Dunstan's childhood, but also caused him to live with unresolved issues and guilt. He forever felt guilt because the snowball that caused Mary's simplicity and Paul's birth was meant to hit Dunstan. So he hung around their home and helped them in any way that he could. By doing so, and by defending Mary in public, he was jeered at by his peers, further increasing his sense of isolation. Mary became a hero figure to Dunstan when she brought his brother Willie back to life when he had all signs of death, and when she appeared to him at his own near death, and he3 was amazed and confused by her disgusting behaviour with the tramp.
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In the novel, Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, the main character, Dunstan Ramsey, takes the path of the Canadian hero. ... I think you are Fifth Business." (227) Liesl goes on to explain to Dunstan what Fifth Business is and, as he is listening to her, he realizes that she is right. ...
In the novel, Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, the main character, Dunstan Ramsey, takes the path of the Canadian hero. ... I think you are Fifth Business." (227) Liesl goes on to explain to Dunstan what Fifth Business is and, as he is listening to her, he realizes that she is right. ...
Boy goes through a lot of phases during the book Fifth Business. ... He claims that for a short amount of time that Boy was, "certainly unconscious" and met personally with young, clean cut men to discuss the ins and outs of business and then after the meeting he would attempt to push the young man forward in his company. ... Dunstan refers even to Greek mythology in describing this situation, he compares, and "they were business associates with an overtone of Jove's cup-bearer that I, at least, could not ignore. ...
Lots of people in our society can be dubbed as "neutral" in their behavior. They dont take part in the events occurring around them but rather just observe them. This characteristic can be called a beneficial characteristic as it may keep them out of disagreements. In the book Fifth Business wri...
Fifth Business Robertson Davies", Fifth Business, consists of a network of multiple characters both closely related and nearly opposites. ... Liesl comes to the conclusion that Dunstan is fifth business. Fifth business is a non-major character in, which is essential in bringing together the (story?). ...
