When we think of someone and their faith, we think of someone attending church, but can one be faithful to something other than a god? What of Death and Nothingness, can one be truly faithful to those notions. It seems this way for the Professor in "The Sunset Limited." Compared to Black's true devotion to Christ, The Professor is completely devoted to this blissful nothingness, he worships the notion of a Void, and the Death that leads him there. But is that true faith? And how is that different from worshiping a deity such as Christ?
I could go on for pages and days talking on this subject, so I shall end it here. But it is an interesting question to mull over for the next few days. This play challenges a lot, and could ruin you if you dwell on it too long.
It seems as if faith works against the despair that comes from death; so what if people found rest in death instead of fear? There seems to be a struggle between fighting against death and accepting it.
ReplyDeleteFaith is having complete confidence in someone or something. In the professor's case, he has complete confidence in the futility of existence. In this aspect he is firm in his convictions. And he will rejoice in death, as the black man will rejoice in eternal life.
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