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Sex In Ragtime


Throughout the novel, there are instances of both violent and more refined
sexual references. While an obvious reason for these is the titillating effects
of them, there are deeper, more relevant reasons for them. There are three main
groups within which the sexual activity takes place: Father and Mother, Younger
Brother and Evelyn Nesbit, and Harry Houdini and Harry K. Thaw. Some are more
obvious and explicit than others, but they all have great purpose. The sexual
activity between Father and Mother is used to define their relationship, sexual
activity by Younger Brother is used as a replacement for violence, and the one
scene between Houdini and Thaw is used to elucidate the ...

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novel. Doctorow writes, "On Sunday afternoon, after dinner, Father and
Mother went upstairs and closed the bedroom door"(p 4). Their marriage is happy
as long as they continue to have a good physical relationship. Whereas in the
beginning of the novel Mother and Father's relationship was good, by the end of
the novel "He felt it had been stupid to leave his wife alone"(p 233). Mother's
disdain for Father is conveyed to the reader when he tells her that he will be
taking their boy to the Baseball game on the following day. Doctorow writes, "…
she was checked in her response, which was to condemn him for an idiot, and when
he left the room she could only wonder that she had had that thought in the
first place, so separated from ant feeling of love"(p 226). Mother obviously
has lost her love for Father. The reason for this is outlined in the following
quotation when Father returns from his expedition to the North Pole. Doctorow
writes, "At night in bed Mother held him and tried ...

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Added: 9/11/2004 10:44:57 AM
Category: Book Reports
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