I don't feel sorry for Marshall, I was just trying to
contextualize his actions in terms of his perception of
reality as gleaned through the lens of his internal struggle.
Obviously one can easily argue against the validity of his
perceptions and therefore call into question Marshall's
intelligence or obvious lack of it.
Best, Harry
Quoting Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com>:
> ---
harry.lerner@mail.mcgill.ca wrote:
>>
>> I also agree Marshall's choices are less
than
>> logical but remember his
>> conscience and his sense of self-preservation
are in
>> constant conflict.
>> In this context, what seems irrational and
even
>> illogical often is
>> the only thing that makes any sense. If you
view
>> Marshall in this
>> light he isn't quite as dimwitted as he
otherwise
>> may appear. Anyway,
>> just my take on it.
>
******************************************************
> But these choices depend on the fact that
Marshall
> suffers from low self-esteem and cowardice.
Marshall
> is a sociopath as opposed to a psychotic. A
psychotic
> has a severe mental problem, disassociated
from
> reality. A sociopath has a severe personality
problem.
> Marshall can never own up to any mistake and goes
to
> extreme measures to cover up a murder than
never
> happened because he's too cowardly to even check
what
> happened. Sure, if I were a sociopath maybe I'd
make
> the same kind of mistakes starting giving the
girl
> money in the first place. But excusing
Marshall's
> stupidity like that avoids Woolrich's point in
writing
> the novel in the first place. We're supposed to
learn
> something from Marshall's mistakes, not feel sorry
for
> him.
>
> Patrick King
>
>
>
>
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