Reading Notes: Peter Brook Mahabharata, Part F

     We come to the final part of the movie now. So the movie picks up right where we left off. They Pandavas and Krishna plot to kill Drona. Bhima kills an elephant named Ashwattaman, who coincidentally bore the same name as Drona's son. They're going to trick Drona. Bhima tells Drona that Ashwattaman is dead, and he killed him. "From a certain point of view" that is true, but it's not the whole truth. Drona suspects a lie, and asks Yudhisthira to tell him the truth. Yudhisthira, confirms that Ashwattaman (the elephant- he hides those words behind his mouth like a child) has been killed.

Yudhisthira talking to Drona

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     Drona dies, and the battle rages one. Dushasana attempts to kill Bhima. but Bhima prevails and drinks Dushasana's blood just like he promised. Draupadi washes her hair. So several vows have been fulfilled that day. Then there's a conversation between Karna and the Bhramin he tried to help. Karna then makes a battle cry and goes to face Arjuna. Karna dies. Duryodhana attempts to hide. He goes into the waters and uses something to turn it to ice so that no one can reach him. Clever trick. He's convinced to get out of the water and fight. Bhima fights him and is wounded, but Krishna convinces him to get up and aim for the thighs. Bhima strikes him in the leg and finally Duryodhana falls. He accuses Krishna of being the source of all the suffering, and Duryodhana made some good points. It almost gives a darker, more sinister lens to view Krishna through. Suddenly Krishna seems more terrifying. Krishna states that "No good man is entirely good. And no bad man is entirely bad." Which is true. We all have a bit of both. Later Asswataman comes to Duryodhana and tells of how he snuck into the camp and killed basically everyone. After they walk among all the dead, they head towards the city. And Duryodhana's mother curses Krishna, which personally I think is a bit unfair because her sons (her family in general even) are the ones who started this war! Krishna eventually dies years later. Ghandari finally takes of her veil, but for some reason she still has it on? 

Bibliography. "Mahabharata" by Peter Brook. Web Source.