FUNCTIONS OF THE DOUBLE PERSPECTIVE IN JOHN FOWLES’ THE COLLECTOR
FUNCTIONS OF THE DOUBLE PERSPECTIVE IN JOHN FOWLES’ THE COLLECTOR

Summary/Abstract: IN HIS NOVEL ENTITLED THE COLLECTOR, JOHN FOWLES TELLS THE STORY OF FREDERICK CLEGG, AN ENTOMOLOGIST WITH SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INADEQUACIES, AND MIRANDA GREY WHOM HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH AND SOON KIDNAPS.FREDERICK CLEGG’S MONOLOGUE AND MIRANDA GREY’S DIARY RECONSTRUCT THE EVENTS OF THE HERO’S IMPRISONMENT OF MIRANDA GIVING TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE SAME STORY AND ENHANCING THE SENSE OF AUTHENTICITY AND VERISIMILITUDE OF THE NOVEL.MIRANDA’S DIARY NOT ONLY GIVES THE VICTIM’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE SAME EVENTS PREVIOUSLY NARRATED BY CLEGG BUT ALSO PROVIDES GLIMPSES INTO HER PAST LIFE, THE LAST PART OF HER DIARY RECORDING HER AGONY WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THE DELIRIOUS AND DISJOINTED SENTENCES FROM THE END.FINALLY, CLEGG TAKES OVER NARRATION ONCE AGAIN AND DESCRIBES THE MOMENTS BEFORE MIRANDA’S DEATH(DUE TO PNEUMONIA) AND THE NOVEL ENDS WITH CLEGG’S PREPARATIONS TO CAPTURE HIS NEXT RARITY, A GIRL WHO WORKS AT WOOLWORTH’S.

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