Word: europaenus
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...them from participating fully in the social world. There comes a point at which Barabas, the professional poisoner, ceases to be a satanic figure and can lecture Ferneze on the conditions of injustice without immediately sounding ludicrously hypocritical. Dickens works differently. Fagin enjoys only the barest status as homo Europaenus. . . . Even his Judaism is defective. . . . Fagin, we know, falls completely outside of any religious framework. . . .Dickens, in short, has 'de-historicized' his man and came up with some prehistoric fiend, an aging Lucifer whose depravity explains him wholly. . . . Characters like Fagin who are without grace, who terrify the very young...
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