Dunstan's Unwarranted Guilt In Fifth Business

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Unwarranted guilt is one of Dunstan’s biggest personality flaws in Fifth Business, unlike

the character Percy-Boyd Staunton the thrower of the snowball, who seems to feel the least

amount of guilt. Percy never owns up to throwing the snowball, nor does he take interest in the

decline of Mary Dempster and the destruction of her family. His life becomes one glorious

success after another, from successfully navigating his way through the great depression, to

becoming wealthy through his sugar refining business. On the surface Percy never experiences

any signs of feeling guilt, instead we are left to believe that he sublimated his guilt into a life of

self pleasure and indulgence which masked his true self hatred. While each character

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