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Essay Archive - Sex in Ragtime
Sex in Ragtime
Throughout the novel, there are instances of both violent and more refined
sexual references. While an obvious reason for these is the titillating effects
of them, there are deeper, more relevant reasons for them. There are three main
groups within which the sexual activity takes place: Father and Mother, Younger
Brother and Evelyn Nesbit, and Harry Houdini and Harry K. Thaw. Some are more
obvious and explicit than others, but they all have great purpose. The sexual
activity between Father and Mother is used to define their relationship, sexual
act....
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