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Why did the missionary Alfred Davidson commit suicide in Somerset Maugham's short story 'Rain'?
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Alfred Davidson committed suicide because he couldn't stand the fact that he himself betrayed his own moral principles. He wanted to make Miss Thompson change her ways and persuade her to repent, but he gave in to her charms and slept with her. He just couldn't get over it, he hated himself for sleeping with her.
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In Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain," the missionary Alfred Davidson commits suicide due to a combination of inner turmoil stemming from his repressed desires and guilt over his inability to fulfill his religious duties in the face of human temptation. His rigid beliefs and inability to reconcile his own desires with his role as a missionary ultimately lead him to a tragic end.
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