The Human Condition

When we think about what it really means to be human, what usually comes to mind is the progressive evolutionary. We think about the hundreds of years of progression and innovation full of exciting inventions and discoveries. What people often forget about is the imperfection that comes with being a human. People do not perfectly co-exist with each other because we were not built that way. If we were, we would have much more adaptive personalities and would learn to live as peacefully and with as little conflict as possible. But, we But, we are not this way; we are stubborn, creative, complaining, innovative, competitive, and greedy beings. To be a human is to make mistakes, however we learn from these mistakes and push on to do better and be better people. That is what it is to be a human, to be better than you were yesterday, to learn from your mistakes and improve. To me, life is a constant strive to be better than before. That is what it means to be a human to me.

Plays are ways that we can study our humanity. They allow us to do this by letting us see how people would react to certain situations. Also, when we read plays it allows us to learn about ourselves by interpreting the way that we interpret the text. Because we are all different we will interpret the text differently, and that helps us learn about our own humanity as well as that of others by viewing how they look at it.  Much Ado About Nothing helps us learn about our humanity by exploring the human capacity for love and examining how we treat our feelings. We haven't gotten too far into the play yet so I am not sure how specifically it helps us explore humanity.The performance of a play is the directors interpretation of what the play actually looks like. He expresses his humanity in his version of the play by giving scenes certain emotions that represent how the director feels about it. Therefore, the play is a representation of the directors humanity.