[patched] - Dickie Greenleaf Talented Mr Ripley

In the novel, Highsmith (a lesbian writing in the 1950s) encodes intense homoerotic obsession.

Dickie Greenleaf teaches us that the sun may be beautiful to look at, but if you fly too close, you will burn. And eventually, inevitably, the sun must set. dickie greenleaf talented mr ripley

Tom Ripley is often read as a blank slate, a social chameleon. Dickie is also empty—but his emptiness is filled with money and ease, while Tom’s emptiness is filled with envy and desperation. In the novel, Highsmith (a lesbian writing in