Why Is Sebastian Flyte So Unhappy?
His Alcoholism Leads Him to Live in Self-Imposed Exile from His Family and Causes His Health to Deteriorate. Nevertheless, Sebastian Finds His Way Back to His...
His alcoholism leads him to live in self-imposed exile from his family and causes his health to deteriorate. Nevertheless, Sebastian finds his way back to his family's Catholicism and becomes an underporter at a Tunisian monastery, symbolizing the unconditionality of God's love.
What happened to Sebastian at the end of Brideshead Revisited?
He reports to Charles that Sebastian was still an alcoholic and was stealing things from him to pawn. He kicked him out. Later, Charles finds Sebastian in a hospital in Fez, very ill from his drinking. His German lover is named Kurt, who is ill too.
What is the message of Brideshead Revisited?
The Catholic concept of divine grace, God's unconditional love, plays a central role in Brideshead Revisited. Cordelia introduces this theme explicitly in Book 2, Chapter 3, in her conversation with Charles in which she references her mother reading from The Wisdom of Father Brown.
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