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| 6)Retired -Zarathustra comes upon a tall stranger in black with a pale gaunt face -stranger complains of being without his guardian who no longer exists *no longer believes in god and is mourning this loss of faith late in life -stranger admits that god�s ways were strange *that he was not as benevolent as people say he was *the stranger had faith, despite his doubts and knowledge of problems with God -describes the birth of Christ as �sneaky� and adultery -Zarathustra does not want to speak poorly of God now that he�s dead *but, he got angry with us for misinterpreting him *God either didn�t explain clearly OR *did not grant us sufficient faculties with which to understand him -should be a god for oneself rather than follow a god -invites stranger back to Zarathustra�s care 7)The Ugliest Man -�man is something that must be overcome� -the ugliest man represents the worst *the ultimate laws of humanity -do not pity people *Zarathustra views pity as an insult to those being pitied -�honor� the misfortune by displaying your shame *do not hide your shame in pity and trying to help the misfortunate -calls the ugliest man the �murderer of God� *killed God because God bestowed the ultimate pity on ugly people even though God saw all of man�s faults *ugliest man could not live with this great pity and killed God for it (doesn�t saw how God was killed) -there is a certain pride in any extreme achievement *even negative achievements *even being the �ugliest� man -Zarathustra invites ugly man back to Zarathustra�s cave 8)The Voluntary Beggar -voluntary beggar represents a great religious leader *either Christ or Buddha -Christ because of referring to �kingdom of heaven� -Buddha because of coming from riches and giving it up to come to the poor -beggar was preaching to a herd of cows who were listening intently *beggar exalted on �chewing the cud� *to be learned from the cows -beggar left the rich people *rich people compared to whores, picking advantages from anywhere and anything *rabble in the same company as the richest -Zarathustra counseled beggar to spend time with Zarathustra�s serpent and eagle -invited beggar back to Zarathustra�s cave -Zarathustra does not want to be flattered, especially excessively so 9)The Shadow -the shadow represents the shadow of your former self that you have changed from (?) 10)At Noon -Zarathustra battling against himself *part of him wants to just lie down and enjoy the still, comfortable quiet of a perfect day *other part says not to get complacent -must continue on 11)The Welcome -all the people Zarathustra had met and invited back to his cave were now there when Zarathustra returned -�everyone becomes brave when he observes are who despairs� -look inward to find the overman *do not need to search outwardly for it -hold a strange will in high esteem *�nothing more delightful grows on earth� -grow and grow strong on your own *will yourself to grow strong -just because you have made yourself better than other men does not mean that you have achieved the overman -even if you yourself cannot become the overman, do not despair if others use you as a bridge to cross over to become the overman -a man can become rich by divesting himself of much in order to make his children/those who he teaches better than their father/teacher *you make yourself better if your children surpass you 12)The Last Supper -in the metaphor of providing food to please everyone, one is not pleased with what Zarathustra offers -Zarathustra responds by saying that what he provides is not for everyone *Zarathustra states that he only provides �law for my own kind, I am no law for all� *if you don�t like what Zarathustra offers, then you should stick with what you like -Zarathustra takes the best for his own kind *takes it, if it is not given |