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Terry ~ Huntress of Erudition asked this question about The Secret History:
Does anyone else but me think that the Classics professor was involved with the murders?
kilpp I didn't see anyone thinking through these lenses so I'll propose that, for me, I think he idealized the students in his own greek tragedy, as it's de…moreI didn't see anyone thinking through these lenses so I'll propose that, for me, I think he idealized the students in his own greek tragedy, as it's described that Julian sees them through an unique lenses and enhances characteristics he personally handpicks as important to them. In some way, I think he wanted the students to do the Bacchanal, and saw the first murder just as another element of the tragic story he built in his head. But I think Bunny's murder and the fact that the students hid the machinations of it from him offended him personally, that he lost control of the narrative and his characters got 'free will'. Suddenly, it wasn't the same play he had thought-out in the begginning for them, they didn't play the part they were supposed to, and he was disappointed.(less)
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The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
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