Davis' "Fifth Business": Death Of Boy Staunton
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Guilt can only be suppressed for a limited time before it comes out in
unwanted ways. In the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, Boy Staunton -a
successful business man with a polished appearance but a tortured soul- took the
ultimate plunge into his death. His decision was not merely his ow ....
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.... of his conscience and the stone”, Paul-
whom granted his inner most wish, and lastly, Boy Staunton himself.
It can be observed that childhood experiences play a very important role
in the stableness of ones soul. One mishap in childhood can create a devastating
blow to ones true happiness in later life. This was exactly the case in Boy
Staunton's life. Once, when he was little, he got in an argument with Dunny
which led to snowballs being launched at Dunny from an aggravated Boy Staunto ....
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