*Athaliah

Athaliah -Jean Racine
What I love about Racine’s drama is that it is very contrived. Deus Ex Macchina all across the board, almost to the point of post-modernism, but four hundred years ago, which boils down to purposeful. Unabashed purpose drama. And very emotional.
Living unto the promise of God, these characters steadfast, purblind in their faith.
The idea of God’s chosen. Is it the choice of God or is it how we call and deal with being individuals that are not God? Is there one to admit that they are not chosen by God? It is the inculpable tragedy again. There is no perfect foe.

“What cannot panic do to mortal minds?”