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Dr.Sloper describes himself as an "anatomist" and argues that just as he is accustomed to assessing and looking into human beings (as a doctor) he can see through Morris' surface games and identify the man as a swindler. | 12 P a g e Sloper is entirely right in fearing Morris' greedy intentions, but Sloper uses false logic and abuses rules and conventions in order to have his way. Having identified Morris as guilty, Sloper does not take the time to prove his case logically. Having satisfied his own need for truth, he requests of Catherine: "I don't ask you to believe it, but to take it on trust."Morris lied so much that gullible Catherine couldn't help but consider him "artistic," as Aunt Penniman considered him "superior." Morris is a fictional character who fictionalizes himself into a hero. His rakish poverty is redone as a moral description, some youthful excess from which Morris has drawn a lesson. Morris styles himself as a Spanish teacher, a stranger who has been around the world, and a commodities merchant who works downtown and most suddenly leave for New Orleans (Philadelphia) to speculate on cotton. Lavinia Penniman also has a weak control on truth and reality. Like Dr. Sloper, Lavinia seeks to recommend and advice others. If Dr. Sloper gives the right advice in the worst way, Lavinia has a "genius for consolation." The narrator identifies this as "an ingenious sophism" ( a sophism" is an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid). And Dr. Sloper's interrogative methods undermines the values and truths he aims to support. He abuses the trust that Catherine has in him, as her father. As a great man of society, he tyrants a widow into speaking ill of her brother, as a means of protecting his own family. Once Sloper has his "revenge" on Catherine and allows her to suffer, he is unable to undo the consequences of the truth.At times, her character resembles Polonius from Hamlet, because she is often shoot out commonplace phrases and prosaicisms that contradict each other: "The important thing is to act" a few scenes after Lavinia warns the young ones to be patient. Lavinia is a romantic. Just as Morris has become "artistic" and molded a new self for himself, Lavinia has invented the idea of Morris and Catherine falling in love and realized this as best she could, all the while imagining herself as the "manager" or director of a "drama."We can separate Morris' hesitant and incomplete confession to Catherine from his energetic talkative self-advertisements at the beginning of the novel.Dr. Sloper's accusations of treason and betrayal are ultimately documented in the addition to his will - but that does not make the arguments, though legally required, any more legal.Regularly, Lavinia looks at Catherine's deficits of emotion and romanticizes them as hidden spaces.But just as Lavinia's actions are a corruption of artistic ideals, Dr. Sloper's idea of truth is a corruption of science and logic.Lavinia's artistic idea of truth as beauty is a contrast to Dr. Sloper's ideas of science and logic.|

Dr. Sloper is very interested in hunting and uncovering the truth. Dr. Sloper aims to
prevent Catherine from marrying Morris but at the same time, he is interested in
finding out whether Catherine will stick with her plans. When Dr. Sloper realizes that
Morris is a fake, he believes that Catherine must be informed and convinced to change
her mind. Dr. Sloper hurts Catherine in the process and his behavior raises the
question of whether truth should always be followed to the fullest extent. Even in moral
terms, it may sometimes be better to leave certain truths unsaid.
Morris and Lavinia are both characters who prefer to leave a good deal of truth
unsaid, though for very different reasons. Though Morris did not have good intentions,
he did not intend to hurt Catherine. He lied with the expectation of gaining money
without causing any harm to Catherine. When Morris decides to end his engagement,
he feels guilty about the pain he will cause Catherine. He does not look forward to
speaking this truth to Catherine. Dr. Sloper delights his opportunities to speak the
bitter truth to Catherine.
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Of course, Morris has several reasons to avoid speaking the bitter truth, but the main
reason is because he's a liar. We can separate Morris' hesitant and incomplete
confession to Catherine from his energetic talkative self-advertisements at the
beginning of the novel. Morris lied so much that gullible Catherine couldn't help but
consider him "artistic," as Aunt Penniman considered him "superior." Morris is a
fictional character who fictionalizes himself into a hero. His rakish poverty is redone as
a moral description, some youthful excess from which Morris has drawn a lesson.
Morris styles himself as a Spanish teacher, a stranger who has been around the world,
and a commodities merchant who works downtown and most suddenly leave for New
Orleans (Philadelphia) to speculate on cotton.
Lavinia Penniman also has a weak control on truth and reality. Like Dr. Sloper,
Lavinia seeks to recommend and advice others. If Dr. Sloper gives the right advice in
the worst way, Lavinia has a "genius for consolation." Her imaginative powers are
unbelievable and she can uncover a reflect of hope or possibility in any scenario. At
times, her character resembles Polonius from Hamlet, because she is often shoot out
commonplace phrases and prosaicisms that contradict each other: "The important
thing is to act" a few scenes after Lavinia warns the young ones to be patient.
Lavinia is a romantic. Just as Morris has become "artistic" and molded a new self for
himself, Lavinia has invented the idea of Morris and Catherine falling in love and
realized this as best she could, all the while imagining herself as the "manager" or
director of a "drama." In Lavinia's world, truth is beauty and beauty is relative.
Lavinia does not distinguish between shades of possibility or attractiveness. She prefers
"first meetings" and "last partings" and, once the end of the engagement is
unavoidable, Lavinia looks forward to this as well - so long as there is drama. This
beautiful dramatic quality is what Lavinia interprets as true. Whenever Catherine is
not visibly depressed, she is hiding something; for seventeen years, Catherine does not
speak of Morris, she must have uncertain feelings for him. These are Lavinia's
mistaken interpretations. Regularly, Lavinia looks at Catherine's deficits of emotion
and romanticizes them as hidden spaces. At the end of the novel, Lavinia is surely
disappointed that Catherine has given out with Morris so forever and without display.
Lavinia's artistic idea of truth as beauty is a contrast to Dr. Sloper's ideas of science
and logic. But just as Lavinia's actions are a corruption of artistic ideals, Dr. Sloper's
idea of truth is a corruption of science and logic.
Sloper describes himself as an "anatomist" and argues that just as he is accustomed to
assessing and looking into human beings (as a doctor) he can see through Morris'
surface games and identify the man as a swindler.
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Sloper is entirely right in fearing Morris' greedy intentions, but Sloper uses false logic
and abuses rules and conventions in order to have his way. Having identified Morris as
guilty, Sloper does not take the time to prove his case logically. Having satisfied his own
need for truth, he requests of Catherine: "I don't ask you to believe it, but to take it on
trust." The narrator identifies this as "an ingenious sophism" ( a sophism" is an
argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid). And Dr. Sloper's
interrogative methods undermines the values and truths he aims to support.
He abuses the trust that Catherine has in him, as her father. As a great man of society,
he tyrants a widow into speaking ill of her brother, as a means of protecting his own
family. Once Sloper has his "revenge" on Catherine and allows her to suffer, he is
unable to undo the consequences of the truth. He cannot make Catherine forget the
betrayal; he cannot persuade her into marriage with a different man. Dr. Sloper's
accusations of treason and betrayal are ultimately documented in the addition to his
will - but that does not make the arguments, though legally required, any more legal.