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"The sinner is often the saint", in what ways does Green convey this paradox in regard to Scobie?
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"The sinner is often the saint", in what ways does Green convey this paradox in regard to Scobie? In Graham Greene's novel "The Heart of the Matter", the protagonist Scobie is central to many themes. Scobie's character supports many key issues such as Catholicism, adultery, corruption, responsibility and sin, which all play an important role in the novel. These are themes in many of Greene's religious novels such as "The Power and Glory" in which the central character's happiness is obstructed by this desire to do good and an inborn love for God. It is traditional for Greene to adopt the themes of corruption, seediness, sickness, disease, lack of hope and cynicism within in his novels and stock characters, this has been named "Greeneland" among his critics. His other works such as "Brighton Rock" and "Power and the Glory" also portray this. Scobie is certainly a character who also fits into...
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