The first problem for Clegg as a quester is that he captures the object of his quest, keeping her prisoner in a hidden cellar. In psychological terms, Miranda, the feeling side of Clegg, is kept in the cellar “down there,” which disallows the possibility of union. Clegg remains a divided man, living above in the house, with Miranda imprisoned below. Miranda, however, discovers that her “tomb” becomes a “womb” in which she grows in selfconsciousness and understanding. Thus, the quest centers on her and the antiquest centers on Clegg.

Antoinette is a Swedish art student and one of Miranda's friends; she also becomes one of G.P.'s lovers. Aunt Annie Virtuoso author of 'The Collector', 'The Magus' and 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'", 8 November 2005 in The Independent Intending to name his collection of shortworks “Variations” because of its reflection of various themes and genres presented in his longer fiction, Fowles changed the name to The Ebony Tower (after the title novella) when first readers thought the original title too obscure. Anyone familiar with Fowles’s themes, however, immediately sees their variations in this collection. The volume contains the title novella, followed by a “personal note,” followed by Fowles’s translation of Marie de France’s medieval romance Eliduc (c. 1150-1175), followed by three short stories: “Poor Koko,” “The Enigma,” and “The Cloud.” In his “personal note,” Fowles explains the inclusion of the medieval romance, relating it first to the novella The Ebony Tower, more generally to all of his fiction, and finally to fiction in general. The third part of the novel is narrated by Clegg. At first, he wants to commit suicide after he finds Miranda dead; but, after he reads in her diary that she never loved him, he decides that he is not responsible for what happened to her and is better off without her. He buries her corpse in the garden. The book ends with his thinking of kidnapping another girl.a b "Premiere Scheduled for 'The Collector' ". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. June 2, 1965. p.30 – via Newspapers.com. What makes Ferdinand a dangerous character with a stubborn personality is the fact that he believes he is always right. He believes that he is doing the best thing for both Miranda and himself. He is even proud of the way he manages to kidnap the girl without leaving any trace. Before winning the pools, he saw the world through the eyes of a man who was bullied and rejected by society. Now that he is rich, he can build his own world, a world seen through the eyes of a collector. He even divides people into specimens that are or aren’t worth collecting. In 1990, his first wife Elizabeth died of cancer, only a week after she was diagnosed. [22] Her death affected him severely, and he did not write for a year. [22] In 1998, Fowles married his second wife, Sarah Smith. With Sarah by his side, he died of heart failure on 5 November 2005, aged 79, in Axminster Hospital, 5 miles (8.0km) from Lyme Regis. [23] After completing his military service in 1947, Fowles entered New College, Oxford, where he studied both French and German, although he stopped studying German and concentrated on French for his BA. Fowles was undergoing a political transformation. Upon leaving the marines, he wrote, "I ... began to hate what I was becoming in life—a British Establishment young hopeful. I decided instead to become a sort of anarchist." [7]

He does not make love to her. What he asks is mutual "respect." Miranda's astonishment gets the upper hand of her sense of outrage. At times she wants to help him. At one painful moment she makes the ultimate challenge:Cressey, Earl (October 9, 2002). " The Collector: DVD Review". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019.