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Stevens’s Ethical Identity Dilemma in The Remains of the Day

Author(s)

ZHAO Shuya

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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2023.07.003

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University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

ABSTRACT

Based on ethical literary criticism, this paper aims to analyze the factors contributing to Stevens’ loss of ethical identity. It contends that distorted ethical relationships are the primary driver behind Stevens’s ethical identity dilemma, which includes the abnormal father-son relationship, Stevens’s blind admiration for his master, and his avoidance of Miss Kenton’s feelings.

KEYWORDS

ethical identity, dilemma, The Remains of the Day

Cite this paper

Sino-US English Teaching, July 2023, Vol. 20, No. 7, 264-267 doi:10.17265/1539-8072/2023.07.003

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