Refelection on words

Within the various works of “The Hurricane”, “The Story of Acteaon”, and “Thief” a common theme emerges of physical death. In “The Hurricane” Ruben Carter is sentenced to three life sentences where he is denied his rights to physical life and survives by withdrawing himself from the physical world existing only as a piece of meat in a jail cell. Actaeon in “The Story of Actaeon” is sentenced death by the reversal of his role …showed first 75 words of 581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 581 total…thus sharing a similarity to the story of “The Hurricane” where 30 years of his life are stolen from him as well as that of Actaeon. Within all these different types of media the theme of physical death which comes in various forms is evident in one way or another. Each work having its own unique sequence of events leading to an individual loss of life physically. Choices are denied for all three of the characters.