Reading Andromache, Britannicus and Berenice | Alexandria
Read Andromache, Britannicus and Berenice by Jean Baptiste Racine. Probing human obsession, Racine's tragic trinity reveals how rational beings descend into destructive passion. Through fallen royals and doomed lovers, he exposes civilization's thin veneer over primal drives - suggesting our own "evolved" society may be equally fragile. His controversial take: reason itself enables our capacity for magnificent ruin.