He doesn't really have any kind of compass to guide himself by, Actually, that's a very good point that I've not really considered before. (I've tended to see Mr Ducie's actions as meddling but there does seem to be a genuine kindness behind it--too bad it's not really worth it, because, like you say, of the hypocricy he displays.) The prep school headmaster clearly isn't capable of acting as any kind of compass and Maurice's father appears to have been a creature of convention and rather distant and dead just at a point where Maurice might have been able to start forging some kind of more grown-up relationship with him.
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Date: 2009-05-26 07:02 pm (UTC)Actually, that's a very good point that I've not really considered before. (I've tended to see Mr Ducie's actions as meddling but there does seem to be a genuine kindness behind it--too bad it's not really worth it, because, like you say, of the hypocricy he displays.) The prep school headmaster clearly isn't capable of acting as any kind of compass and Maurice's father appears to have been a creature of convention and rather distant and dead just at a point where Maurice might have been able to start forging some kind of more grown-up relationship with him.