But what was the point of that parable? What I concluded was that the lion attacked because that's who it was, that's just what lions do...attack people, no changing it. But then how did this random story fit in with the rest of Agamemnon? Was Agamemnon suppose to be the lion? Was the point that even if you try to love Agamemnon, he will turn around and kill you for his own gain, just because that's what Agamemnon does? Or was Agamemnon suppose to be the one who was killed by the lion - Clytaemnestra - because he made her mad, and so she could reign with her lover...?
I commented on Sara Dye's.
The parable made me think close to the same thing. You can feed a lion over and over again with hopes that it will one day just be your friend, like a dog would be, but sooner or later when it grows up, it will turn on you because that is its nature, thats what lions do. They are hunters. Always have been and always will be.
ReplyDeleteThis may be really lame but the first thing I thought about upon hearing the "cray cray" lion keeper story was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiGKWoJi5qM
ReplyDeleteSweet huh? Haha, I guess my point isn't really a point but another question. Can we change "who we are?" Can we rise above what is expected of us? Did Agamemnon have to sacrifice his daughter or could he have just ran away with his family? Or, did Clytaemnestra have to get revenge by killing her husband...? What if she rose above her lion (or lioness, rather) nature?