Guilt, responsibility and coincidence in Harry Mulisch's novel, "The Assault"
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Pages: 7
(approximately 235 words/page)
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Guilt, responsibility and coincidence in Mulisch's novel, The Assault:
In this essay, I shall explore the issues of guilt, responsibility and coincidence which appear in Harry Mulisch's novel, The Assault. Mulisch's works are quite autobiographical and historical, as there is a great relationship between his life and his novels, especially in the one I am going to deal with. I start with a brief biography, followed by a detailed summary of the novel, and finally …
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…opposed to the profundity of other acts. Maybe we all are 'good' and 'bad', guilty and innocent at the same time, and in a situation of fear and repression our real character may appear, and therefore it leads us to behave on very different ways. Therefore I think that all the controversial of the characters leads us to moral questions such as, are we all guilty or innocent, and are we responsible for our actions?
…opposed to the profundity of other acts. Maybe we all are 'good' and 'bad', guilty and innocent at the same time, and in a situation of fear and repression our real character may appear, and therefore it leads us to behave on very different ways. Therefore I think that all the controversial of the characters leads us to moral questions such as, are we all guilty or innocent, and are we responsible for our actions?
