 What is the coorelation to the reference of Shawn to Prince Myshkin in The Idiot?
Shawn--"with his usual hushed delicacy of speech and manner"--inquires of the novelist whether he could possibly reveal what prompted the creation of such an exquisite work. Moreover, Mehta writes as Shawn's adoring acolyte, whereas Ross writes as his longtime adulterous lover. It also made me feel funny about William Shawn, whom I have always regarded as a great man. She declares that "Bill was incapable of engendering a cliché, in deed as well as in word." But then she puts the most toe-curling clichés into his mouth: "Why am I more ghost than man?"
 He was someone who must be protected
 He was someone who did not value his work  He was someone who must be protected  He was someone who didn't care to hurt someone's feelings.  He was someone who lacked intelligence