I really think if Maurice had slept with Dickie it would have been very harmful to him. As it was, the Dickie episode "burst Maurice's life to pieces." I think, if they'd had sex, Maurice would immediately mistake it for a full-blown relationship - which Dickie would have been both unable and unwilling to supply.
"[Maurice's] whole life was dependent on love," said Forster. Any encounter with Dickie would have been so utterly devoid of love that it couldn't help but wound him. Abandoned again, his self-loathing might have grown hugely, and given Maurice's predilection to threaten suicide when things go badly in love, a nasty and embarrassing scene could well have resulted.
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Date: 2009-07-30 11:09 am (UTC)As it was, the Dickie episode "burst Maurice's life to pieces." I think, if they'd had sex, Maurice would immediately mistake it for a full-blown relationship - which Dickie would have been both unable and unwilling to supply.
"[Maurice's] whole life was dependent on love," said Forster. Any encounter with Dickie would have been so utterly devoid of love that it couldn't help but wound him.
Abandoned again, his self-loathing might have grown hugely, and given Maurice's predilection to threaten suicide when things go badly in love, a nasty and embarrassing scene could well have resulted.