The Feast: Monday

About this episode

The episode discusses character representations of the seven deadly sins in Margaret Kennedy's The Feast and explores themes of hope and character favoritism.

And then it was Monday in Margaret Kennedy’s The Feast . This week topics of discussion includes the way the various characters may (or may not) represent the seven deadly sins, which characters we root for the most (and which we despise the most), the question of hope in the story, and much more, as usual. Happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

Topics covered

• seven deadly sins
• character analysis
• hope
• literary discussion
• The Feast

Keywords

• Margaret Kennedy
• The Feast
• seven deadly sins
• character analysis
• hope

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