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the oracular, the mysterious, the secret--Delphine is someone who
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cannot conceal herself.
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The very material of her language, of her writing, of her letters, puts
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her identity on the page to be read, and it seems as if she hasn't even
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tried to conceal it.
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So, Delphine's lack of depth, her lack of complexity as a
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character, her basic despicableness is summed up in that inability
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to conceal herself, whereas Coleman only reveals himself
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in moments when he is unguarded, or when he has become,
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not a person in control of his own representation of himself,
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but rather a sign at large among other representers (Nathan,
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Delphine, other people).