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Title: Opera


1
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and
musicians perform a dramatic work combining text
and musical score. Opera is part of the Western
classical music tradition. Opera incorporates
many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as
acting and costumes and sometimes dance.
Soprano
Tenor
Contralto
Basso
Baritone
or Fifth Business
The villan or rival to the tenor.
The odd one out because he has no rival, but he
is the one who carries the twist in the plot.
Plays the lover to her.
Who rivals the soprano
Heroine
Although the soprano, tenor, contralto, and the
basso get the fabulous music, the baritone is
essensal to the story plot, because he knows a
secret that the others do not.
2
Fifth Business
  • Robertson Davies (1913-1995)

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Plot summary..
  • In Robertson Davies' novel Fifth Business, the
    author uses the events that occurred in Deptford
    as a Canadian Allusion to reveal character
    identity. Fifth Business is the story of three
    main characters. Dustan, Percy and Paul. The
    three boys are connected by one event in their
    childhood (Percy throws a snowball, meant for
    Dunstan, but instead causes the premature birth
    of Paul), and the novel move between the three
    characters perspectives and different points in
    their lives.These three characters in the novel
    from Deptford Boy Staunton, Dunstan Ramsey and
    Paul Dempster, leave Deptford to embark on a new
    identity to rid of their horrid past. The three
    main characters of the novel, all of whom to some
    extent try to escape their small town background,
    change their identity to become people of
    consequence. All in some way take on a new
    identity. Imbedded in this transformation is the
    assumption that one's original self, especially
    one's small town origins, must be discarded
    before one can become significant in the world.
    Dunstan ran from his guilt, Percy for his status
    and ego and Paul from his challenges as a misfit
  • It was what seemed to be instilled within them
    like, the theory that the first five years of
    childhood shape the personalities of individuals.

4
A short biography of the author
  • born in thamesville, ontario
  • a  august 28th, 1913 - dec 2nd 1995
  •  Upper Canada College 1926-32 Went as a
    Non-Degree student (Paul)
  •  Attended Queen's 1932-35 not looking for a
    degree 
  • Also attended University of Toronto (much
    like Dunstan...coincidence? I think not !) - AJ
  • DafDavies father became a  newspaper owner and
    senator, also Dunny's father is a News paper
    owner.

5
A short biography of the author
  • Robertson Davies was born in 1913 in a small
    village in southwestern Ontario, Canada, called
    Thamesville, which would eventually be transmuted
    into the root scene of his most well known and
    acclaimed novel, Fifth Business. He spent six
    years there, during which time important
    influences and ideas shaped his conscious and
    unconscious life, remaining with him until his
    death. The important, ineluctable and ambiguous
    relationships that exist within a family were
    first impressed on him at that time,
    relationships that not only comprised the present
    familial unit, but reached far back (and, by
    extension, forward) to the family's spreading
    histories. His parents' ancestors, from Scots,
    Welsh and Canadian pioneer stock, were living
    presences that colored the daily life and
    development of the Davies household, that would
    eventually find their way as dominant players
    into Davies's late novel, Murther and Walking
    Spirits.  

6
Themes
  • Religion - more specifically hagiology
  • Materialism vs. Spirituality
  • Roles of Men and Women
  • Guilt

7
Religion (Try adding what you know)
8
Materialism vs. Spirituality (try adding)
9
Roles of Men and Women
  • Oh no! I only did what I could, said Dunstans
    mother (17).
  • what we offer is innocent-just an entertainment
    in which a hungry part of the spirit is fed,
    said Paul (211).

This shows how it is superior to have both man
and woman run society together.
10
Guilt (try adding)
11
Character in beginning and the end.
  • we have all rejected our beginnings and become
    something out parents could not have foreseen,
    said Paul (268).
  • Paul(Eisengrim) was a Disable child and became a
    Magician at the end.
  • Dustan Ramsay had no idea what he was doing(try
    putting something)
  • Percy Staunton became a business man(try putting
    something)

12
  • What effect would it have on the story if Dunstan
    had told his parents as well as Mr./Mrs. Dempster
    that Percy had thrown the snowball?
  •  I personally believe that if Dunny had told
    everyone that Percy had thrown the snowball, we
    would be following Percy's story rather than
    Dunny. As far as I've read, Dunny is responsible
    for taking care of Mrs. Dempster, but had
    everyone known that Percy threw the snowball, I
    feel he would be responsible for taking care of
    Mrs. Dempster.
  •  
  • I personally think that if Percy was the main
    character then the story would have stayed the
    same, because Paul would still born disable and
    hopefully Percy will take care of him. The only
    difference I can see is that then Percy and Dunny
    will both take care of Paul and Mrs. Dempster.
  •  
  • Not only that, but also due to the fact that
    Dunstan also feels responsible, I am pretty sue
    that h wouldnt turn percy over. Only he is to
    blam for his 'guilt-ridden' childhood days.

13
  • What effect does the first person narration have
    on the story? How do you feel it has affected
    your view and understanding of the novel?
  • At first I found the story quite difficult to
    understand, I didn't appreciate until a little
    later on in the book the style of writing the
    author had used. The story isn't written in first
    person, but rather a memoire, in which a person
    reflects on his or her life. 
  •  I found I was looking back a lot in the first
    few pages just to keep up with all that was
    happening but it has started to slow down in
    my opinion.
  • I believe that the first person narration makes
    the story more believable.
  • I believe that the first person narative adds a
    'personal' touch to the story. (-AJ)

14
  • There are many themes incorporated into this book
    by the author. What are the main themes of this
    novel, and how do the minor themes contribute to
    the story?
  • I feel the main theme so far is regret, many of
    the things that happen as far as I have read
    Dunny reflects on how it would be different if he
    did just get hit with the snowball and prevented
    the premature birth of Paul. 
  • I believe that there are numerous themes in this
    novel, but Dunsan's guilt and its debilitating
    effects seem to be the epicenter of most of the
    events that have taken place (at least so far).
  • Honestly guys this novel changes direction after
    every 3-5 pages therefore it is hard to
    understand what the theme is?

15
  • Farther into the book, we've learned that the
    ongoing struggle between Percy and Dunny is no
    longer just a rivalry between social classes, the
    Proletariat, and the Bourgeoisie classes. How
    will this allow the book to progress?
  • It can only make the conflict even more heated.
     Considering many conflicts find the basis in
    this relationship I cannot wait to see what
    happens! Davies is setting us up for something
    big I think!
  • I think the class differential will put a dark
    spin on the story. After Davies uses such biased
    religious opinions, adding the spin of class
    differential on top of it can only make the story
    twisted. While we see conflict between Dunny and
    Mr. Dempster because they are of different
    religious backgrounds, we also have begun to see
    discriminatory remarks against class.

16
Rhetorical and Literary devices
  • Flashback Milo and Dunny having a conversation
    about the past from Page 101-105.
  • Not since his trouble you remember? Sure you do!
    We used to see you skin over there after school
    and climb through the wimdow to see her and Paul.
    Nobody ever thought.., said Milo (104)

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Find some quotes and add them
  • Comparison Comparing similarities between
    Dunny's mother and Diana. How are they both
    helping the society in a similar way?
  • Pathos The reader feels sympathy on the
    situation of Mrs. Dempster, the way she lost her
    child. The reader also feels sympathy on the
    situation of Leola the condition in which she
    died.
  • Point of view I think it is the first Person.
  •  
  • Foreshadowing Dunny teaching Paul tricks and
    then Paul turns out to be a magician, doing
    tricks with cards.
  •  
  • Davies masterfully intertwines literary devices
    into the novel to enhance his story. AJ

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Resources
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera
  • http//wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_definition_of_Fi
    fth_business_in_the_novel_by_Robertson_Davies
  • http//www.athabascau.ca/writers/rdavies.html
  • http//www.nwpassages.com/bios/davies.asp
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