Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Problem of Good and Evil: The Lives of Animals

In The Lives of Animals Coetzee, through his fictional character Elizabeth Costello, poses an idea he references throughout a majority of novels, the problem and question of good and evil, of human nature and right vs wrong.  In ways that complicate … Continue reading

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A Question of Silence: The Life and Times of Michael K

In a previous course I viewed a film called ‘A Question of Silence’. To sum up the gist of the film three women, all appearing to be middle class average women, kill a shop owner.  Following his murder the ‘question … Continue reading

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