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 Staunton ....
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