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Die Fliegen. Die schmutzigen Hände

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Die beiden hier vorliegenden Stücke, die zu den bedeutendsten des Autors gehören, wurden 1943 (Die Fliegen) und 1948 (Die schmutzigen Hände) geschrieben. In dem ersten Drama, mit dem Sartre die Franzosen zum Widerstand aufrüttelte, setzte Sartre sich in der antiken Einkleidung des Orestes-Mythos mit dem zentralen Problem der Freiheit auseinander.
In dem anderen stellt er die Anfechtbarkeit politischer Ideologien und die Fragwürdigkeit menschlicher Entscheidungen dar. Es sind zwei Stücke, deren Gültigkeit sich über die Zeit hinaus, die ihr Anlaß war, bewahrt hat und weiter bewahren wird.

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1948

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology). His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."
Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre and de Beauvoir challenged the cultural and social assumptions and expectations of their upbringings, which they considered bourgeois, in both lifestyles and thought. The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity (mauvaise foi, literally, 'bad faith') and an "authentic" way of "being" became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant, 1943). Sartre's introduction to his philosophy is his work Existentialism Is a Humanism (L'existentialisme est un humanisme, 1946), originally presented as a lecture.

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September 12, 2023
Eine großartige Abwandlung des Stücks um Klytemnestra, Elektra und Orest. Hier spielt der Gott Jupiter eine markante Rolle. Er stellt die Weichen der Geschichte bisher und wohl auch neu. Die Fliegen sind so etwas wie eine Plage aus der Bibel, dieses Mal initiiert von Jupiter. Sie verkörpern die Erinnyen, die Orest nach seiner Tat das Leben beeinträchtigen. Dieses Mal ergibt sich für mich ein Sinn, warum die Erinnyen, hier in Gestalt der Fliegen, eine Rolle spielen. Spannend!
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March 10, 2010
Even if I had to read The Flies for College I loved it. Shock!
It was really powerful and to seem clique .... deep. But then, it's Jean Paul Sartre.
There was these two lines between the God Jupiter and the King or Argos that I simply loved.

Elgid: They fear you.
Jupiter: I have no need for their love.

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September 9, 2023
"Wenn man dich hört, dann sollte man meinen, alle Ideen sind gleich gut, und man greift sie nur so auf, wie man eine Krankheit bekommt."
Die schmutzigen Hände, 5. Bild, 2. Szene
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July 10, 2025
Nur Die Fliegen gelesen. Jetzt möchte ich es selbst inszenieren. Audition dates WILL follow.
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ich 🤝 sartre
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