Fifth Business Throughout Fifth Business there was much evidence provided that there were relations between the class of characters from an old style opera and the characters seen in Fifth Business. Clearly there was an association between Dunstable Ramsay’s character and that of an old style opera’s, which was of course the role of Fifth business. In my opinion the five main characters each shared different roles that were originally used in old …showed first 75 words of 726 total…

…showed last 75 words of 726 total…money she needed and being her only friend. There is much evidence provided throughout the novel and many associations given to the fact that the characters in Fifth Business were related directly to that of an old style opera. From the description given by Liesl of what roles opera characters played and of the plots and schemes that transpired during an old style opera, we can easily see the similarity in relation to the book.