Friday, September 26, 2008

9-26-08 Titus, Aaron the compassionate?

Aaron is an evil character. He tells us so. He says more than once that if he ever committed a good deed in his life he regrets doing so. But then why does he care about his son? Is there really a heart inside the beast? Aaron is a man that claims to have no respect for human life and most of his actions would back him up on that. When the life of his child was threatened, he pleads that the child be spared. He cares for that life. It may be the only thing has cares about. Still, it shows a part of him that isn’t seen elsewhere. Perhaps if circumstances had been different Aaron could have turned out more human. He does have the ability to care about something. Maybe it is just easier to be evil than it is to care about your life and end up being disappointed.

1 comment:

Duluoz said...

Nice post. I agree that this play forces us to think about good and evil and who gets to define them.