Disgrace | Themes
As David Lurie negotiates the change in his life and his society, he must find new ways to communicate. At his departmental "trial" for his illicit relationship with Melanie, Lurie refuses to say the words that would absolve him of his crime. He insists on communicating his feelings about the situation in his own way, which he does through silence, and this silence causes his dismissal. Likewise, in his conversation with his ex-wife after the incident, he interacts with a person who refuses to remain politely silent about his indiscretion, and forces him to examine it in more ways than...
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