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
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