"An Error in Chemistry", 135 (Event)
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Page Number:
135
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
We were in the study again. Beyond the open
Page Event Ends:
137
Era:
Midcentury (1941-)
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Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Thursday, January 3, 1946 to Tuesday, December 31, 1946
Notes:
CUT: motivations for the murder and what led to his scheme unraveling. The Sheriff and Stevens imagine Flint's pride, vanity, and arrogance - his "supreme contempt for mankind" (136) - as the causes of his hubris and eventual downfall.
Summary:
Back in Jefferson, Stevens and the Sheriff discuss Flint's performances as Canova and Pritchel, and the ambition that prompted him to "convict himself of murder" before "acquitting himself of it, the how his "gift" as a performer bred his "supreme contempt for mankind" (136).
Chronological Order:
42.00
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Keywords:
murder, hubris, disguise, gift, moral, Allusion:Bible, Italics
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