Re: RARA-AVIS: Is Marlowe a real pro?

Diane Trap (trap@mail.libs.uga.edu)
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:50:29 -0500 (EST) > On rereading Chandler's stories in The Simple Art of Murder, I notice
> that Marlowe (Dalmas) is mostly following hunches and often doesn't know
> how to take care of himself. The beatings he takes and the traps he
> walks into wouldn't happen nearly as often to a professional, who would
> simply not stick his nose in certain places without preparation and some
> backup. Is this dangerous tendency to improvise part of Marlowe's
> magical charm as a character?

Could it be a demonstration of Marlowe's pessimism and lack of
self-worth? He seems to view his white-knight/paladin streak with
a great deal of irony--perhaps he sees his situation as hopeless
and himself as not worth protecting.

-----Diane Trap
trap@mail.libs.uga.edu

> Just some rambling thoughts.
>
> Regards,
>
> mt
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