Zorba the Greek | Related Titles
Captain Michales in Freedom or Death (1953) is but another representation of the Existential Hero whose story is central to all of Kazantzakis's important works. Like Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1955), Zorba in Zorba the Greek, and especially like Odysseus in Kazantzakis's The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938), Michales is a man torn by the conflicting impulses of spirit and flesh. He is not blinded by false hopes; he knows he will fail, yet he pursues his dream of freedom. Kazantzakis manages to make his story both interesting and tragic by...
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