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This chapter interrogates how adaptations of the Ripley property work with readers’ or spectators’ empathyempathy for TomRipley, Tom. It canvasses arguments about the “negative empathyempathy, negative” generated in readers by the literary character before interrogating how that complicated response translates to film and television (Bonasera, 2023, Zdunkiewicz, 2021). It applies Jason MittellMittell, Jason’s insights about how television antiheroantihero series secure audience alignmentaudience alignment with the morallymorality ambivalent protagonist to Ripley (Mittell, 2015). However, it argues that MittellMittell, Jason’s explanation does not entirely account for the effects created by ZaillianZaillian, Steven’s series. It also encompasses arguments made by Margarethe Bruun VaageVaage, Margarethe Bruun in The Antihero in American Television and “Should We Be Against Empathy?” Vaage, Margarethe Bruun(Vaage, 2016, 2023) but finds that the most appropriate way of approaching Ripley is via Eric LeakeLeake, Eric’s concept of “difficult empathyempathy, difficult” (Leake, 2014, 2024).

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The Empathy Game in Ripley

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    2025年

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  • Joy McEntee

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This chapter interrogates how adaptations of the Ripley property work with readers’ or spectators’ empathyempathy for TomRipley, Tom. It canvasses arguments about the “negative empathyempathy, negative” generated in readers by the literary character before interrogating how that complicated response translates to film and television (Bonasera, 2023, Zdunkiewicz, 2021). It applies Jason MittellMittell, Jason’s insights about how television antiheroantihero series secure audience alignmentaudience alignment with the morallymorality ambivalent protagonist to Ripley (Mittell, 2015). However, it argues that MittellMittell, Jason’s explanation does not entirely account for the effects created by ZaillianZaillian, Steven’s series. It also encompasses arguments made by Margarethe Bruun VaageVaage, Margarethe Bruun in The Antihero in American Television and “Should We Be Against Empathy?” Vaage, Margarethe Bruun(Vaage, 2016, 2023) but finds that the most appropriate way of approaching Ripley is via Eric LeakeLeake, Eric’s concept of “difficult empathyempathy, difficult” (Leake, 2014, 2024).