The Last Temptation of Christ | Characters
Drawn from the Bible, Kazantzakis's characters are often like their scriptural counterparts in name only. Interested in using the story of Jesus as a means of exploring the human predicament, Kazantzakis takes great pains to humanize these men and women. As a result, he attributes great sensual appetites to many of these figures, including Jesus, whose struggle to put aside temptations of both the flesh and spirit is the subject of the work. The reader also meets a very different Judas Iscariot, a strong "man who must betray Christ in order for Christ to redeem man; a changed Blessed...
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