kie sees Tom Ripley, he mentions Tom's skin color, first as white than as gray. The stage for the events, Italy is meaningful in this case. The men on the beach are dark and full of muscles contrasting the white-gray color of Tom Ripley. Macho men vs. white-gray queer man, Tom Ripley.
             Time passes Dickie and Tom grow closer. One night, after he saw Tom's
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