Author Archives: p.reinersanabria

The word clown has a different meaning in the context of Hamlet than it often does today, although the word clown has a logical evolution from its origin to its current use. We typically associate clown with one who is … Continue reading →

Divine vs. Human Justice and Punishment In The Inferno, we see a divine system of punishment and justice as opposed to Antigone, where human characters in power assert their system of punishment for crimes committed within their dominions. In addition, The … Continue reading →

In the second ring of the seventh circle of hell, those who have committed suicide when they were alive are punished in a very unique way. Upon their descent into hell, they lose their physical form as a result of … Continue reading →

“Having mended the net, he cast it into the sea, and      waited for it to sink. When he pulled, he found that it was so heavy that he  was unable to haul it. He shook it and found that it was  caught at the  bottom. Saying “There is no power or strength save in God, the Almighty,    the Magnificent,” he took off his clothes and dove for the net. He worked at  it until he managed to free it, and as he hauled it to the shore, he felt that  there was something heavy inside. He struggled with the net, until he  opened it and found a large long necked brass jar, with a lead stopper  bearing the mark of a seal ring. When the fisherman saw the jar, he was  happy and said to himself, “I will sell it in the copper market, for it must be worth at least    two measures of wheat.”   The fisherman was ecstatic to bring his catch to the local merchant to sell the jar … Continue reading →

Libre de la memoria y de la esperanza, ilimitado, abstracto, casi futuro, el muerto no es un muerto:  es la muerte. Como el Díos de los místicos de Quien deben negarse todos los predicados, el muerto ubicuamente ajeno no es … Continue reading →

Law in Antigone is the ways by which its subjects are to be obey, yet the characters subscribe to different overarching jurisdictions. The law of the gods that the people follow is that a family must bury their loved ones … Continue reading →

In Homer’s The Odyssey, nearly all the physical deaths are either cruel or unusual having been caused by either murder or an act of the gods. No character dies a natural death that was not caused by another person or … Continue reading →

In The Odyssey, death is something that is possible while being alive. A person being away from their home, held up in a place against their will without control over their own fate is essentially dead. While Odysseus was held … Continue reading →

“You’re dumb, stranger, or from far away, If you ask me to fear the gods. Cyclopes Don’t care about Zeus or his aegis Or the blessed gods, since we are much stronger. I wouldn’t spare you or your men Out of fear of Zeus. I would spare them only If I myself wanted to. But tell me, Where did you leave your ship? Far Down the coast, or close? I’d like to know.” (Book IX 265-273) When Odysseus tells Alcinuous the story of his encounter with Polybus, we witness the breakdown of the guest-host relationship that had otherwise been observed several times throughout the … Continue reading →

  “When he finally arrived at the distant island He stepped from the violet-tinctured sea On to dry land and proceeded to the cavern Where Calypso lived. She was at home. A fire blazed on the hearth, and the smell Of split cedar and arbor vitae burning Spread like incense across the whole island. She was seated inside, singing in a lovely voice As she wove at her loom with a golden shuttle.” In this passage of Book V (lines 58-66), the reader is introduced to the physical realm of Calypso, whom we have heard so much about—as seen by Hermes. There are … Continue reading →