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Cherry Cole Ms. Penny ENG4U1 Friday, March 5, 2020 Fifth Business Part 5-6 1) Why did the Board of Governors wish to find a new Headmaster? What does Dunstan make for this resignation? The board of Governors is worried about Dunstan's lack of marital status. The one on the board who informs him he has to step down is Boy. His hobby of pursuing dead saints around the world is deemed "queer" by them. Dunstan was a brilliant headmaster during the war, but when he submits his resignation, he insists that the Board say he turned down the position and give him six months of paid leave so he may travel across Latin and South America. 2) Who were Magnus Eisengrim, Faustina, and Liesl? Paul Dempster's stage name is Magnus Eisengrim, which he adopted after starting his own show. Magnus' stage biography is written by Dunstan. Faustina is a stunning young woman who participates in Magnus Eisengrim's stage production and charms Dunstan into a very immature affection when he tours with them. He suspects she's having an affair with Paul, but later learns she's dating Liesl. Finally, Liesl is Paul Dempster's (Magnus Eisengrim) business partner. She's described as a hideous bearded girl, but she's essential in leading Dunstan to the depths of his mind. She assists Dunstan in learning to live in the present and take responsibility for himself. Liesl has a degree of intelligence and insight that surpasses even Dunstan's. 3) What does Liesl reveal to Dunstan about his nature?

Liesl is a good mentor for Dunstan since she flatters Dunstan and points out his natures, prompting him to believe that there are different types of magic. Liesl demonstrates the charm and simplicity of mechanics to Dunstan, demonstrating that what is hidden from view, such as clockwork, is always overlooked by some. Dunstan likes Mrs. Dempster though he hates everyone else, she tells him. Dunstan can now let go of some of the weight he's been carrying for so long thanks to Liesl. 4) Explain Liesl’s concept of Fifth Business. Liesl's concept of fifth business allows readers to gain a new outlook on Dunstan's life. She observes that he has not matured beyond puberty, rejecting human emotion and physical attachment in favour of intellectualizing life and studying it from afar. Dunstan recognizes that he has wasted his whole life thinking about what happened in the past, and as a product, he has become "Fifth Business," an individual who is neither a “Hero nor heroine, Confidante nor Villain, but which were nonetheless essential to the bring about the recognition or denouement.” (Davies 1). Following his encounters with Liesl, he fulfils his task as Fifth Business and brings the novel's conclusion to a close-by disclosing the stone that Boy had hidden in the snowball that struck Mrs. 5) Where does Dunstan find the Little Madonna for the second time? What difference did Dunstan perceive upon viewing the Little Madonna the second time? Dunstan recalls the Little Madonna he met on the battlefield when he returns to Salzburg. This time, he doesn't feel compelled to film the statue; this demonstrates that Dunstan is able to embrace his own living experience as "fact," as he doesn't want photographic public evidence. Madonna will always be "his forever." This represents

Dunstan's maturation as a character, who is now enjoying life for himself and letting go of the shame that has plagued him his whole life. 6) Describe the circumstances surrounding Mary Dempster’s death. Mrs. Dempster is seen by Dunstan as a saint, and he feels guilty on her behalf in the book. As he spends most of her life caring for her, he develops a close relationship with her. He looks at her as if she were a saint, and he adores her. Mrs. Dempster was an unwelcome presence in Dunstan's life previous to her death, and her acts are humiliating to him. He feels relieved by the finality of her passing. 7) What does Dunstan mean when he refers to his relationship with Boy in terms of “the clock we had wrapped about our essential selves were wearing thin”? The attributes and features that are high in childhood are what Dunstan means by "basic self." Dunstan claims that he and Boy learned to disassemble these traits but not fully eliminate them; the disassembly of traits is what he refers to when he talks about the cloaks that encase their vital selves. These characteristics do not vanish; they often reappear after fifty years. Dunny and Boy are in their late fifties as Dunny writes this quotation, implying that cloaks will be discarded completely and their basic selves will be totally exposed to each other, much as they were as infants....