Cultural Madness. A closer inspection of Japanese culture using the "Chrysanthemum Tryst" a tale from the Ugetsu Monogatari.

Cultural Madness This imperfect world is a breeding ground for immorality. Goodness and purity has this tendency to deviate, in order to survive in the world. Changes and revolutions bring about a new set of order, apparently people who find it difficult to conform to new ideas and situation succeed in only joining the ranks of the deceased. The degree of loyalty and love shown between the two characters from the "Chrysanthemum Tryst" convey a …showed first 75 words of 917 total…

…showed last 75 words of 917 total…rashly and committing suicide. This is strictly from a Westernized perspective, perhaps there is a spiritual force at work within the culture. The story seems absurd because death is viewed as an undesirable end, but the persistence of the characters in these texts has one believing that death is merely the beginning. Maybe this imperfect world cannot embody those who have reached the pinnacle of spirituality, therefore they exit the shell that is there body.