Tuesday, February 18, 2014

WHAT IS… BETRAYAL?


How could they do this to me!!!

He lied!
She cheated!

The things they told me weren't true!
They promised one thing and did another!

BETRAYAL ...

We react with shock and angst to this - one of the deepest of wounds. 

Remember that great line:  "Et tu, Brute?"


Our struggles to understand this act of treachery abound in literature and drama from the Greek Tragedies - think Jason and Media - through Shakespeare - Hamlet and Macbeth - all the way through to Frankenstein's cruel betrayal of his monster…


Although done by the other guy, betrayal seems to make us question all our own beliefs and values.


What do ya think?
Why is this behavior so unsettling and how can we recover?




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