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A character analysis of Philip, in Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread", with particular reference to the Freudian elements of his interaction with Gino, and the homoerotic subtext of the narrative.
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his interaction with the other characters in Forsters narrative: we have to set Philip against his sister, against Lilia, against Caroline, but most particularly against his mother, and Gino. When
we look at Mrs Herriton, we see immediately the reason why Philip is the kind of man he is. The woman is dominating, manipulative, and obsessed with exerting control over
those around her, a way of life which has been adopted by her children, as we see from Lilias description of her life at Sawston in chapter 2: "your mother
corrected me, and your sister snubbed me, and you said funny things about me to show how clever you were! And when Charles died I was still to run in
strings for the honour of your beastly family, and I was to be cooped up at Sawston and learn to keep house, and all my chances spoilt of marrying again!"
Philip is dominated by his mother, but imitates her behaviour; he only becomes resentful when he finds her manipulative tricks being turned on
him. When she starts to make plans concerning Lilia and Ginos son, and does not take Philip into her confidence, he "saw that his mother was not sincere. Her insincerity
to others had amused him, but it was disheartening when used against himself" (Forster, chapter 5). We are constantly reminded of what
Philip might have been, had he grown up in another family: his love of beauty and his natural inclination towards the aesthetic, for example, which is described in chapter 5,
indicates that he is not without his good qualities - a "sense of beauty and a sense of humour, two most desirable gifts". However, the "world . . made a
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