¶ … Christianity in portrayed in "The Second Death" by Graham Greene and "The Virgin and the Gipsy" by DH Lawrence. Two sources used.
The Second Death" and "The Virgin and the Gipsy"
D.H. Lawrence and Graham Greene have each written stories concerned with Christian mores and parental approval, or rather disapproval. The parent in each story is clearly convinced that others are influencing their adult child's character and leading them astray. Each has forbidden their child from associating with certain people whom the parent believes are not of good Christian standing. Moreover, each child is clearly filled with passion for life and sexual exploration. Lawrence's story is far more sensual and poetically lustful than Greene's, as his female character's sexuality is awakened. However, Greene's story, sketches a young man's sexual exploits and his last moments before death, his second death. Each author sets his story in a small country village.
Lawrence's "The Virgin and the Gipsy" expresses his ideas and beliefs regarding morality and sexual passion. It is the story of a young girl, Yvette, who lived a life of relative seclusion with her father, the rector, in a small English country village. Yvette's mother had become frustrated with her husband, and left the rector for another man. Thus, leaving Yvette and her sister with their father, to be raised by a grandmother and maiden aunt. Her mother had been known for her virginal beauty and nature, and the rector still held her memory close to his heart. He never got over his loss, yet always referred to her as 'she who was Cynthia' (Lawrence 2002). Yvette had grown to resemble her mother in looks and nature. Since not only her father, but her grandmother and aunt as well, despised anything that reminded them of 'she who was Cynthia,'...
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