Fidelity and Infidelity in The Altar of the Dead George Stransom dealt with issues of fidelity and infidelity among his dead, the woman and with himself. Throughout the story, George viewed the dead as his sole priority and they were all he focused on, that is, until a mysterious woman came into his life. After the woman, came into his life, he had a problem distinguishing his priorities and an inner conflict ensued within him …showed first 75 words of 2010 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2010 total…another woman. He realized, perhaps, that it is better to move on rather than to hold on to something that no longer exists in the physical world and something in which he can have no grasp on. George’s views were not coming from a distorted point of view, but just based on his own beliefs and his religion. His eyes were opened and, perhaps, led him to kind of bend the rules a little.