'The Young Woman' Debate

[amalgamate]

The Young Woman

In a house is a young woman married to a man who works very hard. She feels neglected. When her husband goes off on still another trip, the young wife meets an attractive man who invits her to his house. She spends the night and at dawn she leaves, knowing her husband is coming home. Alas! The bridge is blocked by a madman who kills everyone who comes near him. The young wife follows the river and meets the ferryman, but he demands 100 francs to take her to the other side. The young wife has no money. She runs back to her lover and asks for 100 francs; he refuses to help. The woman remembers that a platonic friend lives nearby. She runs to him and explains her plight. The friend refuses to help; she has disillusioned him by her conduct. Her only choice is to go by the bridge in spite of the danger, and the madman kills her. That is the story.



In what order do you hold the principals (woman, husband, lover, madman, ferryman, and friends) responsible for the tragedy?



1st responsible =
2nd =
3rd =
4th =
5th =
6th =

[Felicity]

She could just stay at the otherside of the bridge and let her husband find out what she did, as if she faces the madman, she is a moron.

1st=madman
2nd=woman
3rd=lover
4th=husband
5th=friend
6th=ferryman

did I get it right? Do I win a prize???

[Al-khiyal]

=1st - Woman,
=1st - Lover,
=1st - Friend,
=1st - Ferryman,
=1st - Husband
6th - Madman

[amalgamate]

you chose the least responsible to be the MADMAN?!

wow... so what's your reasonings behind it?

[amalgamate]

She could just stay at the otherside of the bridge and let her husband find out what she did, as if she faces the madman, she is a moron.

1st=madman
2nd=woman
3rd=lover
4th=husband
5th=friend
6th=ferryman

did I get it right? Do I win a prize???

ooh, you chose madman to be the most responsible and the woman second... why you think that?

(i'll post up the "answers" later )

[Al-khiyal]

you chose the least responsible to be the MADMAN?!

wow... so what's your reasonings behind it?

He is a madman, out of his mind, without sense. He is only doing what madmen like that do. He makes no informed choices - he is insane. The five others all made flawed moral choices, so share culpability for the young woman's eventual death - which was avoidable but became 'inevitable' due to her own actions and those of the others.

[amalgamate]

does madman necessarily mean incapacitated? he could just as well be a competent mass murderer who's notably aware of his vile deeds.