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Fifth Business Analysis

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There are multiple similarities between Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business. The theme of taking a road that is less common is present in both texts. The narrator in “The Road Not Taken” had chosen a path “… less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” (Frost 19-20). Likewise, Dunstan also took the less common road when he decided to stay by Mrs. Dempster’s side even while everyone else had abandoned and shamed her for being simple. Taking “… the one less traveled by / … has made all the difference” (Frost 19-20) to Dunstan because Mrs. Dempster had a powerful impact on his life – she was the reason he chose to pursue hagiography, which thus led him to experience life to the fullest. Another …show more content…

Whether it’s a big decision like what career you want to pursue or a minor one like whether or not you should buy that bag of chips, there are always decisions that people must make with a conscious mind of the consequences. I also like this poem because Frost states that he “… took the [road] less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference” (19-20), signifying that since he chose the path that others did not choose, he benefitted from it. This emphasizes that originality and independence are beneficial to our lives because they allow us to make our own decisions and not follow what everyone else is …show more content…

His usual attitude toward her is “one of chivalrous patience, with a discernible undertone of expression” (Davies 185). On Christmas day, Boy and Leola’s children opened their presents that Leola had bought for them. However, Boy “found fault with most of them” (Davies 188). Moreover, Leola was extremely distraught when she found a note in Boy’s coat pocket from one of the women whom he was having an affair with. She ended up “crouching on the stairs, sobbing dreadfully” (Davies 188-189), but Boy dismissed her and told her that “there’s no reason to carry on like that” (Davies 189). Eventually, Leola committed suicide because “Boy [did] not love [her]” (Davies

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