The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot
February 24th, 2011
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Before seeing this play I did not know a lot about Judas. I only remembered that he was the one to betray Jesus from reading the Bible early on in my childhood for CCD. After seeing The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, it helped me better understand who Judas was and the kind of life he lived. I was not fully aware of his close relationship with Jesus. I simply understood that he was chosen as one of his twelve disciples. In the play it is explained by Mary Magdalene that Jesus was closest to Judas and her out of all twelve disciples. I was also surprised when she describes their relationship as Judas being “almost an alter-ego to Jesus – he was the shadow to Jesus’ light. He was the sour to the sweet and the cool to the warm.” Initially I knew that he was known as the one who turned Jesus over to the Jews, but did not realize his reaction and his struggle following Jesus’ death. It was if Jesus believed in Judas, even after his betrayal, even though Judas did not believe in himself or the forgiveness of Jesus. The story of Judas sharing his spinning top with the other child came as a surprise to me. Since I knew he was the one to betray Jesus, he just seemed to be a …show more content…
Through most of the trial it is questioned through witnesses like Freud and Satan. Freud is questioned to describe the possibility that one is not in control of their actions. That people’s lives are predetermined at their birth, and no matter what they go through in life they have no control over the outcome. Freud argued that Judas was crazy, and suffered psychologically. He believed that there was no way he was in control of himself when he betrayed Jesus. On the other hand, Satan is questioned because of the common myth that he was the reason Eve ate the apple, and that he was created to give people the freedom of choice to do good or
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Before seeing this play I did not know a lot about Judas. I only remembered that he was the one to betray Jesus from reading the Bible early on in my childhood for CCD. After seeing The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, it helped me better understand who Judas was and the kind of life he lived. I was not fully aware of his close relationship with Jesus. I simply understood that he was chosen as one of his twelve disciples. In the play it is explained by Mary Magdalene that Jesus was closest to Judas and her out of all twelve disciples. I was also surprised when she describes their relationship as Judas being “almost an alter-ego to Jesus – he was the shadow to Jesus’ light. He was the sour to the sweet and the cool to the warm.” Initially I knew that he was known as the one who turned Jesus over to the Jews, but did not realize his reaction and his struggle following Jesus’ death. It was if Jesus believed in Judas, even after his betrayal, even though Judas did not believe in himself or the forgiveness of Jesus. The story of Judas sharing his spinning top with the other child came as a surprise to me. Since I knew he was the one to betray Jesus, he just seemed to be a …show more content…
Through most of the trial it is questioned through witnesses like Freud and Satan. Freud is questioned to describe the possibility that one is not in control of their actions. That people’s lives are predetermined at their birth, and no matter what they go through in life they have no control over the outcome. Freud argued that Judas was crazy, and suffered psychologically. He believed that there was no way he was in control of himself when he betrayed Jesus. On the other hand, Satan is questioned because of the common myth that he was the reason Eve ate the apple, and that he was created to give people the freedom of choice to do good or