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In Archibald MacLeish’s play “J.B”, the Book of Job is recreated in a new setting, with characters new and old. However, out of the cast of characters, Zuss and Nickles are added to play the roles of God and Satan. Although both absorb the roles of deities, they both remain merely actors and seem to imply humanistic characteristics. Not only do they appear on a consistent basis, but Nickles debates with Zuss over J.B, and at one point, even converses with Job. But Satan as Nickles’ role in particular is heavily modified from the original Biblical tale. Curiously enough, the commentary from Nickles does not reflect the possible morals of God’s “counterpart”. Rather, Nickles often serves as the voice of cynicism, often found in human thinking. As the play progresses, Nickles’ morals become more blurred by the fact th
By rejecting God’s “plan” and mocking it, Nickles and his position now knows as much as any human would about the purpose of life. “Job on his dung hill, yes. That’s human. That makes sense. But this world master, this pious, flatulent, successful man who feasts on turkey and thanks God!- He sickens me”(46). He’s points out the ill logic of thanking God when clearly, there is no apparent reason in who becomes successful and who does not, or more importantly, who gets to live and who dies. Even when the story ends, and everything is restored back to Job, no one can possibly be satisfied. Particularly for Job, whose family members and belongings were wiped out and replaced as if their loss meant nothing in the first place. When J.B remarks “I have no children(146)”, Nickles replies with a nasty laugh “You’ll hav
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Approximate Word count = 562
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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