tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post5533145721945109498..comments2023-08-03T10:39:35.671-04:00Comments on Anti-Climacus: Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05693481720368030657noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-71460530230320293482008-08-02T02:27:00.000-04:002008-08-02T02:27:00.000-04:00yeah maybe you're right - I just assumed that he f...yeah maybe you're right - I just assumed that he flipped the coin anyway and called it himself, but I guess that wouldn't make sense, especially because he said the coin was "the best I can do" or whatever. he went there to kill her and gave her that possible way out. I'll have to watch it again. i didn't think about that, that the coin might not have been flipped at all.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381646071506639828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-68751658461275449692008-08-01T14:39:00.000-04:002008-08-01T14:39:00.000-04:00Er, one addition: Anton tells two stories about wh...Er, one addition: Anton tells two stories about why he's there. One is that he's there like the coin. The other is that her husband had the chance to get her out of trouble, and didn't take it. But that's, again, just to avoid responsibility.Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693481720368030657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-30694845499481253242008-08-01T14:38:00.000-04:002008-08-01T14:38:00.000-04:00Thanks for the clarification on who's who; very mu...Thanks for the clarification on who's who; very much appreciated.<BR/><BR/>The coin <I>doesn't</I> decide, though, as I remember the movie. Carla Jean refuses to pick one way or the other, and Anton kills her anyway. By refusing to abet his scheme, she highlights _his_ agency as well as her own. It's her way, if you like, of trying to bring him back into the moral community.Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693481720368030657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-37938533879635818282008-08-01T13:24:00.000-04:002008-08-01T13:24:00.000-04:00Just for the record, Patrokleia is a different per...Just for the record, Patrokleia is a different person - though I would love to claim them, those essays are his. We were classmates in college. <BR/><BR/>I don't think the true drama lies in the fact that Carla Jean knows she will die. She, like Anton, won't know that until the coin is flipped. What she refuses is the opportunity to "call forth her own fate." She can say, "The coin don't have no Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381646071506639828noreply@blogger.com