Compare And Contrast Mr. Moore In The Caves

Part II opens up with a strange description to highlight the vagueness of the Marabar caves. The caves harbor an evil echo; they serve as strengthening halls, increasing the fears and desires of anyone who enters. Georges H. Thomson (1961) states that Mrs Moore’s belief in the divine, human and hope is torn apart in the caves (pg 52). In the caves, Mrs. Moore is mysteriously completely changed. Unexpectedly, Mrs Moore believes that it is meaningless to have a relation between man and man. In the small and dark caves, Mrs Moore starts to realize that nothing in the world has meaning. She is no longer interested in Dr. Aziz, whom she admired and loved very much (pg 144). She loses the control of making difference between the devil and God, as well as between good
Clubb (1963) adds to the explanation of this excerpt by saying that even “Christianity is powerless to combat” the situation Mrs Moore is passing through as an effect of the echo. Ever since her visit to the caves, Mrs Moore is detached from everything and everyone around her. The darkness of the caves and the echo kept making her think of the end, her death. She becomes disillusioned with humanity, family, reason, and Christianity. In chapter XXII, Mrs Moore is still haunted by the effects of the echo she heard in the caves and she believes that “love in a church, love in a cave” are all the same and are meaningless and nonsensical (pg 189). This made Adela rethink her accusations towards Aziz and starts to think whether she is the victim in this whole dilemma or the victimizer for accusing Aziz for something he was innocent of. Since Ronny wanted Mrs Moore to testify at the Trial, Mrs Moore believed that it is meaningless and sees no point in testifying, even though Aziz was a good friend of hers. Roger L. Clubb (1963) supported that idea by stating, “she becomes peevish and petty, unwilling to comfort Adela or to testify at the trial in behalf of Aziz, though she believes him innocent” (pg