Westworld, Kiksuya Greek Tragedy Theme

Published June 11, 2018 · Updated July 6, 2022

Hey,

Thanks for the great podcast. It really helps fans who crave more and want to take a stab at so many of the complex themes of a such a well written intelligent show.

I want to share my thoughts on the latest episode of Westworld, Kiksuya.

I thought it played out very much like a Greek tragedy.

* Character narrates his story

* Tells of his love

* Lost his love

* Finds her and she loves him back briefly

* He then loses her again

* He searches to the ends of the known world

* After searching for a long undetermined period of time, (usually the period of aging, discovery, journey etc.) he then realizes that he has to die or search the unknown to find her

* He crosses over into the underworld, finds his love only to realize she no longer knows him

* He meets the creator, or “the one that puts people to sleep”

* Creator says your time will come.

I agree with what was said on the instacast. I thought this episode was a really high point for the series by creating an encapsulated story. If you could please touch on these points in the deep dive, I think that would be great.

Chris

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