How Does Dickens Present Jasper In The Great Gatsby

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The way Edwin, Mr. Sapsea and the rest of the town see Jasper shows us how well his public identity was constructed, and how good he was at hiding his dark side. Although Jasper is a dark man, mostly in shadows, watching the lives of other people and wishing his own would be more eventful, the part that is most disturbing about him is his meticulous preparation for the murder. Whatever his motive for the murder was, his repressed feelings for Rosa or his desire to escape the monotony of his life by living Edward’s, his idea to kill is deeply unsettling. Dickens has dedicated the whole twelfth chapter to Jasper’s exploration of the cathedral tombs, allegedly, the place and method of disposing of Edwin’s body. He visits the crypts with Durdles,