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Master Thesis The transformation in the pattern of relationships in iris murdoch's novels the Philosopher's Pupil and Nuns and Soldiers(2005) Pesek, Ebru; 09.02. Yabancı Diller Bölümü; 09. Rektörlük; 01. Çankaya ÜniversitesiIris Murdoch, a writer and philosopher of the 20th century, is deeply concerned with such issues as moral philosophy and religion, which also become central concerns in her literary life. The meanings of ethics and morality in society are issues that she reflects in her novels. In the novels, The Philosopher's Pupil and Nuns and Soldiers studied in this thesis, she does this by creating complex and controversial patterns of relationships and making her characters go through a trial. The characters are supposed to transform into selfless individuals, who believe in the principle of doing good deeds after being successful in these trials. The metamorphosis of the characters from mainly selfish and self-centred personalities into moral individuals with a higher goal is the author's aim. In both novels, The Philosopher 's Pupil and Nuns and Soldiers, this aim is only partially fulfilled by the characters; particularly the main characters use their distinguished position in society for their IV selfish concerns. Even the other characters are influenced by them yet not many of them start the process of "unselfingf themselves. Murdoch's characters, in these two novels, do not achieve the goal of transforming into better human beings, thus she is realistic in that she gives the reader at least an example using a few characters of how to become independent, moral and ethical individuals.
