Cohesive thought? or nah?

"Go honored elders, go to your homes, and yield to destiny before you suffer; what we had to do we did-all you can do now is accept it." -Clytemnestra

C's self-satisfied declaration seems to be the anthem of this dismal anecdote. The chorus continually makes comments about the grief and hopelessness of life. "If only truth and good news were the same! It's hard to hide it when the two are split." C's action is driven from her passion for JUSTICE, but are her motives pure? (Of course not.) I recall our class discussion from Tuesday-are any of us innocent? There is a moment in The Living Last Supper (an easter play) that reflects on the response of the disciples when they find out one of them will betray Jesus. The narrator asks the sobering question, "Or will all of us betray him before the night is over?" I have been thinking about the implications of Dr. Mitchell's lecture. We all have free-will. We are also fallible, we will make mistakes. We will sin. So what do we do with that? Is free-will power or a weakness?

My question for you is, will you take Clytemnestra's advice and go to your homes, yielding to destiny before you suffer? Or will you choose to be a person of action in the world you live in? How will you use your free-will? The choice is yours.

I commented on Brannen's blog.