What is the connection among Aner Clute, Homer Clapp, and Lucius Atherton in “Spoon River Anthology”?
dymatsuoka eNotes Editor Homer Clapp and Lucius Atherton both court Aner Clute. Aner Clute goes out with Homer Clapp but rebuffs his advances, preferring the attentions of Lucius Atherton, who is handsome and a dandy and known to be quite a womanizer. Aner Clute is young and alluring, but ends up being branded with the reputation of a fallen woman. When asked how she acquired her position of disgrace, she responds, “a silk dress, and a promise of marriage from a rich man”, Lucius Atherton, who never came through. Still, Aner Clute believes that she is a victim of the perceptions of her community. Having marked her as less than honorable, that is all they see of her, and no one takes the time to find out whom she really is. Homer Clapp dated Aner Clute, but, unbeknownst to him at the time, she was seeing Lucius Atherton as well. When he realized what was happening, Clapp was devastated, his confidence totally diminished, and he spent his life piling failure upon failure, knowing that on
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