Fifth Business
Throughout Fifth Business there was much evidence provided that there were relations between the class of characters from an old style opera and the characters seen in Fifth Business. Clearly there was an association between Dunstable Ramsay's character and that of an old style opera's, which was of course the role of Fifth business. In my opinion the five main characters each shared different roles that were originally used in old style operas. This is why I believe that "The characters in Fifth Business are related directly to that of an old style opera." Originally, there were five main roles in an old style opera. These roles were the Hero, the Heroine, the Villain, the Confidante and the Fifth business. There were also five main characters in Fifth Business, each representing one of the five main characters in which were used in operas. There were many incidents in the book that designated each character to one of the five roles. Percy Boyd Staunton was characterized as the villain through his smoothly procured riche
There is much evidence provided throughout the novel and many associations given to the fact that the characters in Fifth Business were related directly to that of an old style opera. From the description given by Liesl of what roles opera characters played and of the plots and schemes that transpired during an old style opera, we can easily see the similarity in relation to the book. Outside of each characters role there were also many schemes that unfurled throughout the novel, which related directly to the schemes that took place in old style operas. For example, the fifth business is supposedly the one who knows the secret of the hero's birth. The novel follows this protocol in that Dunstable knows of Paul's pre-mature birth and how it came to be. Also, the fifth business traditionally outlasts many of the other characters, which occurred in the novel as well. When the heroine is at loss, it was the duty of the fifth business to come to her aid, relative to how Dunstable helped Mrs. Dempster throughout her hardest times, supplying her with the money s
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Approximate Word count = 721
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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