Part Two: David in Disgrace
I was musing upon the name David, and it struck me that it has a very plausible association with the Biblical David and his act of adultery with Bathsheba. The difference is that King David was repentant, and turned back to God and asked for forgiveness and thus did not remain in "disgrace". David Lurie, in contrast, is unremorseful in front of the committee, gives the excuse that he was a "servant of Eros", and declares the experience "enriching" moreover. It is only much later that he visits the Issacs and apologises. And unlike King David, he does not rise from his state of "disgrace":
"I am being punished for what happened between myself and your daughter. I am sunk into a state of disgrace from which it will not be easy to lift myself. It is not a punishment I have refused. I do not murmur against it. On the contrary, I am living it out from day to day trying to accept disgrace as my state of being. Is it enough for God, do you think, that I live in disgrace without term?" (David to Mr Issacs, pg 172)
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