Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Nader Shayganfar

Associate Professor, Department of Art Research, Art University of Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh (1970- ) is black tragicomedy film. In this film, despite representation of the first fantastic scenes of the film, suddenly, all those beautiful images of the island turn into darkness and misery. Relied on the thoughts of Hannah Arendt (1906-1976), the political philosopher of the 20th century, this research tries to show why, despite all the initial beauties, in the end we see fire, war, death, immigration and misery and dissatisfaction. In this article, the focus of the discussion is based on three basic concepts in Arendt's book The Human Condition: labor, work and action. In the end, it is tried to show that it is the lack of the concept of action that causes all the darkness, bitterness and misery at the end of the film. In fact, this article tries to show that the desired trinity in the human world in Arendt's human condition must be realized together and side by side. Because the absence of action or ignoring and not understanding its ontological position causes the misery of the human world.

Keywords

• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Martin McDonagh
• Hannah Arendt
• The Human Condition
• Misery

Main Subjects

• philosophy