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God and the Devil Looking at ¡°The Virgin and The Gipsy¡±
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God and the Devil Looking at "The Virgin and The Gipsy" In this novel, the rector clearly represents a strict, religious moral code, by which he lives his life. In his eyes, there is a clear line between what is right and what is wrong. And although his ideas/views are not accepted by everyone, he refuses to accept that anyone else's differing view could be anywhere near the truth. An example of this can be identified during the episode concerning Yvette's conversation with her father over the Eastwoods; the rector is so obsessed by his concept of what is right that he threatens his daughter with 'the lunatic asylum' (p66) for befriending the modern Eastwoods. This is 'the threat he always seemed to have up his sleeve' (p66). In the rector's - somewhat twisted - mentality, the Eastwoods are people who are 'unclean in their minds and their bodies' (p64). However, he sees Granny's...
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