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Theme In 'Guilt And Irony In Tobias Wolff's'

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This theme is a mirror for the theme of duty and responsibility that each man is nothing but his actions and his courage to carry the responsibility of the consequences.Moving on to extract the theme of paradox and denial, such theme can be seen in each character. Owing to the anger of guilt Keller begins to falsely justify his actions living in a paradoxical state of mind leading him to live in denial for years. He lives unable to decide his reality whether guilty or “didn’t kill anybody” (II. 67), whether a killer or a respected successful man (Bloom, 36). Again anger provokes another idea or attitude in the play which is abandonment and seeking for a new identity. More than one character is running after adopting a new self, starting

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