Medea
Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy. Medea's husband leaves her for a princess. Medea is angry and bent on revenge. Furthermore she is banished from the city.Medea poisons her husband's bride and kills the sons she bore to her husband, before fleeing to safety in another city.
It was surprising to see such a strong female character in such an ancient story, even though that strength of character was sometimes portrayed negatively. She is called a "witch". Ultimately the chorus advises her against murder but that she has the right to take vengeance.
Title: Medea
Author: Euripides, translated by Robin Robertson
ISBN: 9780099511779
Rating: 4/5
Man in the Dark
I had a strange feeling of deja vu when reading Man in the Dark - I think I have read it before and forgotten about it.This story is about coping with loss and the urge to create stories. The entire book was missing quotation marks which was distracting. There is an entire subplot of a story that the main character is concocting in his head during the hours he can't sleep but then that story is abruptly ended close to the end of the book without any connection to the main story.
The most interesting thing about this book was in fact a movie that it referenced Tokyo Story by the director Ozu.
Title: Man in the Dark
Author: Paul Auster
ISBN: 9780571240920
Beyond Good and Evil
Nietzsche is a towering figure in the exploration of nihilism. A major part of his philosophy rails against the church and its monopoly on ethics.Although Nietzsche's work influenced Hitler the content of this book at least did not support Hitler's abhorrent views, although I must admit it had a great deal of material that could be misinterpreted or misrepresented. It is possible that Hitler selectively used Nietzsche to suit his own beliefs. Just as Hitler misappropriated other elements of philosophy, culture and science to suit his own ends.
Ricky Gervais portrays this relationship very accurately.
Title: Beyond Good and Evil
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
ISBN: not available
Publisher: Penguin Classics
