Selene Cordeiro Mrs. Ruffell ENG4U1-05 December 18‚ 2014 Fifth Business Questions Chapter One: Mrs. Dempster The event that irrevocably altered Dunstable Ramsay’s life was his first encounter with Mrs. Dempster. She was the wife of the town’s Baptist pastor‚ Amasa Dempster‚ and was with child at the time of this untimely encounter. It was 5:58 PM on December 27th‚ 1908 and Dunstable “Dunny” Ramsay was retreating back to his home in Deptford‚ Ontario‚ after a long day of sledding with his lifelong
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Competition‚ guilt‚ and the contrast between Boy Staunton and Dunstable Ramsay is what Robert Davies used to define the novel‚ Fifth Business. Davies portrays the idea of competition through the relationship between Boy and Dunstan in their childhood‚ their military recognition‚ and their love for Leola. Moreover‚ the theme of guilt is shown through the experiences of the characters as Dunstable felt guilty for the premature birth of Paul Dempster‚ Boy subconsciously felt guilty for the death of
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Taylor Majocha Majocha 1 Ms. Souza ENG3UO-A 04 October 2013 Fifth Business Essay In Robertson Davies novel Fifth Business a fictional memoir that focuses on a small town boy named Dunstan Ramsay from Deptford. This is a boy who develops loneliness and feelings of guilt from incidents that have occurred in his past. Dunstan Ramsay fails to understand his feelings and creates conflicts between himself and characters from his childhood. Dunstan and boy are best friends whom have
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Jungian Theories in Fifth Business The first instalment‚ Fifth Business‚ in The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies incorporates many different ideas to help the book progress as smoothly as it does. Davies’ interest in psychology heavily influenced many of the actions and ideas portrayed in the novel. By combining the psychology theories of the famed psychologist‚ Carl Jung‚ with creatively designed characters‚ Davies was able to create his finest piece of literature. Many characters in the novel
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By examining Fifth Business‚ it is clear that the characters take part in theatricizing life: they play and cast others into roles founded in archetypes. The characters feel a need to do this because it provides stability in their lives. Playing a role gives a person an identity and purpose so that‚ even in face of unpredictability‚ their self-image and future is a given constant. Imposing such roleplaying on the rest of humankind familiarizes the outside world and gives a person an escape from volatile
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Guilt in Fifth business In The Fifth Business‚ by Robertson Davies‚ Guilt is a theme that runs throughout both The Fifth Business and is a major force in one’s life. Davies demonstrates this by having one character feeling guilt while another who does not. Davies introduces the reader with Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton. And Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other. Davies portrays the idea of competition through the relationship between Boy and Dunstan in their
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Adversity is the most important factor in shaping character and/or identity. Assess the validity of this statement with reference to Fifth Business. Identity is individual characteristics by which a person is known or recognized. In Fifth Business‚ a character’s reaction to adversity is the foundation to shaping identity. Others may not know what the adversity is but they observe the way a person is acting. The composure held in rough situations allows people to formulate opinions based on these
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[pic] Carl Gustav Jung: Analytic Psychological (1875-1961) Carl Gustav Jung was born in Kesswil‚ Switzerland. His father‚ Johannes Paul Achilles Jung (1842-1896)‚ was a pastor – a profession that had traditions in the family. He married Emilie Preiswerk (1848-1923) in 1874; Carl Gustav remained a single child for a long time before the birth of his sister‚ Gertrud. Jung’s study on schizophrenia‚ The Psychology of Dementia Praecox‚ led him into collaboration with Sigmund Freud; they
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Nicholas PrevedelMrs. Machado ENG4U1-01 20 October 2014 Robertson Davies: “Fifth Business” Dorothy L. Sayers states “Wherever you find a great man‚ you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him.” Man is a societal construct that is structured and molded by maternal influences and female insight. Typically one is a product of its environment‚ however Robertson Davies in “Fifth Business‚” deliberately uses female roles to display the impact that women have on the psychological
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Robertson Davies’ novel‚ Fifth Business‚ revolves around guilt‚ competition‚ and two men who are foils of each other. Although Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other‚ they contrast in a great number of ways. Their awkward relationship plays a significant role in the number of elements which make Fifth Business such an interesting story. While Dunstan Ramsay had never been too interested in competing with Percy Boyd Staunton‚ Percy from a young age saw Dunny as a
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