Remains of the Day theory What are the chances that Lady…
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Remains of the Day theory
What are the chances that Lady Kenton’s daughter illegitimate and is Stephens?
We know he is an unreliable narrator and there are some corroborating facts like her being unusually tired in the evenings (normal during pregnancy).
1) His almost blackout during her touching him while he was reading his love book, her rushed acceptance of the proposal and anger at him for not doing anything about it himself.
2)Also her insistence that he meet Catherine without her and that she has told her “all” about him. Perhaps I don’t know enough about the times but having a college drop in to visit your child who he has never met randomly without you is strange no?
3) In the end she ambiguously says ”we” now have a granddaughter to live for. That could mean her husband but also could mean Stephen since she is speaking to him.
4) Given what we know about the society at the time and Stephen’s sense of propriety he would never acknowledge it fully to us as the reader.
5) Miss Kenton leaves with someone who will marry her but she doesn’t love almost the entire marriage and leaves him multiple times. (Shotgun wedding)
Anyways, I have been thinking about it lots have been looking to see if anyone had had the same thoughts as me but couldn’t find a similar theory anywhere.
perhaps this is old territory for previous readers of this work.
thanks for humoring me
#entertainment
What are the chances that Lady Kenton’s daughter illegitimate and is Stephens?
We know he is an unreliable narrator and there are some corroborating facts like her being unusually tired in the evenings (normal during pregnancy).
1) His almost blackout during her touching him while he was reading his love book, her rushed acceptance of the proposal and anger at him for not doing anything about it himself.
2)Also her insistence that he meet Catherine without her and that she has told her “all” about him. Perhaps I don’t know enough about the times but having a college drop in to visit your child who he has never met randomly without you is strange no?
3) In the end she ambiguously says ”we” now have a granddaughter to live for. That could mean her husband but also could mean Stephen since she is speaking to him.
4) Given what we know about the society at the time and Stephen’s sense of propriety he would never acknowledge it fully to us as the reader.
5) Miss Kenton leaves with someone who will marry her but she doesn’t love almost the entire marriage and leaves him multiple times. (Shotgun wedding)
Anyways, I have been thinking about it lots have been looking to see if anyone had had the same thoughts as me but couldn’t find a similar theory anywhere.
perhaps this is old territory for previous readers of this work.
thanks for humoring me
#entertainment
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