Chad Ellingsworth

English 7

5/4/2020

Free Write

In "The Last Supper," At the soothsayer's urging, the company prepares a feast together.

In "On the Higher Man," Zarathustra speaks to his companions about the higher man. Zarathustra

learned early on that there is no use in talking to the mob about the overman because they all

claim that everyone is equal before God. God is dead now, and man must overcome himself to

become the overman. Self-overcoming requires courage, evil, pain, self- motivation, and solitude

altoegtehr. Zarathustra adviced to the higher men around him that they should not inform that

they are not overmen and what is most important is that they should mistrust everything

unconditionally and should learn to laugh and to dance. In "The Song of Melancholy,"

Zarathustra steps outside, while the magician was singing to the others. The poem centers on the

melancholy surmise that he is not a seeker after the truth, but only a poet. In "On Science," The

man who is conscientious of spirit asserts that Science originated in fear: humans feared other

animals and their instincts and turned this fear into science. Zarathustra, return to the cave, hears

this last bit, and suggests that Science was origniated from improving our courage, not our

concern. In "Among Daughters of the Wilderness," Zarathustra's shadow sings about a time when

he was in the Orient—far from Europe—and surrounded with all sorts of delights.