Thursday, March 15, 2007
Vanity Fair Question #9
At the end of Chapter 53, the narrator provocatively questions the nature of Becky's relationship with Lord Steyne: "What had happened? Was she guilty or not? She said not; but who could tell what was truth which came from those lips; or if that corrupt heart was in this case pure." What evidence is there to suggest that Becky is guilty? Is not guilty?
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Many people felt that Becky was guilty but to me it doesn't really matter if she was guilty or not because I can understand why she was corrupt if she was. Also she may not have been guilty of actually enacting the deed she still thought about it and in the eyes of the church that is almost as bad as actually acting out your thoughts. Also much of the speculation on Becky's guilt or innocence was based on rumors and not actual fact. Rawdon certainly felt that she was guitly even if she didn't actually do the act. He says, "If she's not guilty, Pitt, she's as bad as guilty, and I'll never see her again–never"
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