I'm very tired, and just coming out of a fever, so this is suitably outlandish.
But after watching melancholia today I was struck by it's similarities to "the metamorphosis"
Melancholia is basically a story of how depression is incongruent with a normally functioning life, and how that turns everyone against each other, even if the people themselves are not inherently bad.
The metamorphosis does the same, but with literally turning into a bug as it's form of disability.
In both stories, and I think rather accurate to reality the environment is presented as the enemy, rather than the people themselves.
Without coming off as overly harsh on the people affected, depression and disability are bitches to deal with.
The dynamic of "I need help" and "I can't help you forever, I won't be defined by my attachment to you" are explored in both pieces.
I could go on, but I think the straws I was grasping at just broke, so I'll leave it there
Submitted August 25, 2020 at 04:49AM by PM__Me-_your__tits https://ift.tt/3aRyM8Z