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He does not like people who do not appear to have characteristics like him. Several plot descriptions in the novels of the series give a hint that Ripley is attracted towards men unknowingly.
However, the author Patricia Highsmith has never described him as gay or bisexual. Tom does not want others to see him as a gay and hence he often jokes about giving up both men and women as he is unable to decide whom he likes more. On the occasion of his honeymoon with his wife Heloise, he begins to laugh while having sex without any specific reason.
The laughter becomes unstoppable and he goes impotent because of it. He rarely indulges in sex with his wife and her frequent demands for sex have turned him off. Tom Ripley never shows any guilt for his crimes, but sometimes regrets having committed murders in his initial days. People have labelled him as an urbane psychopath and a dapper sociopath for committing homicides, for a total of 9 times throughout the novels of the series.
The next couple of novels of the series has also been adapted into films in the years and respectively. The first novel was also made into television and radio shows from onwards. The novel was published by the W.
The plot of the novel is set in Mongibello in Italy and introduces the main character Tom Ripley. He in described as a young striver who eventually goes on to become a bad boy and a sociopath. The author has described him as a handsome and suave boy who arrives in Manhattan in the early s.
He does not have a pleasant past and is labelled as a sissy by his aunt Dottie. This has made him become envious against the wealthy men around him. Tom develops friendship with Dickie Greenleaf as he is the son of a wealthy business. However, Tom gets enraged by learning about the fact that Dickie has an American girlfriend named Marge Sherwood.
He always wishes that Dickie removes her from his life. This envious feeling leads him to murder Dickie, when he fails to remove Marge from his life. After the death of Dickie, Tom begins to live a luxurious life on the wealth of his friend. The success of the novel allowed it to be nominated for the prestigious Edgar Award in the Best Novel category in the year The second novel of the series was published by the W. The author Patricia Highsmith completed the novel in the year based on the psychopath characterization of the main character Tom Ripley.
The plot of the second novel opens up in Italy, where Ripley continues to live after murdering his friend Dickie Greenleaf and inheriting his wealth. Six years have passed and Ripley has changed his lifestyle for the better.
He now owns a French Villa in the middle of a world-class and beautiful art collection and has married the daughter of a wealthy man. He seems to be spending his life peacefully before he gets a threatening phone call from London. He learns that someone knows about his art forgery scheme that he set up previously and becomes restless.
Ripley decides to go to London and stop the truth of his crimes from becoming public. Ripley becomes determined to stop at nothing in order to preserve the tangle of his lies.
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