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Quote #10
"Maybe it's like that with the dead. If they feel anything at all, it's the old things, before they were born, that comfort people like the feeling of their own bed does when they are little."
"Mistress," said Ivar reproachfully, "those are bad thoughts. The dead are in Paradise."
Then he hung his head, for he did not believe that Emil was in paradise. (5.1.24-26)
This passage makes perfectly clear the differences between Ivar's religious beliefs and Alexandra's thoughts on the dead. One thing is obvious: Alexandra is not someone, like Emil or Ivar, who thinks about actions in terms of sinfulness.