Markheim

Escrito por Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrado por Víctor Prieto

Markheim es un relato sobre un motivo constante en la obra de Stevenson: el demonio como forma depurada de la presencia del mal en el mundo.
Markheim, sin embargo, le mira como a un ser "que no procedía ni de la tierra ni de Dios", pero, de cualquier modo, ligado al mal.
El demonio acude al asesinato cometido por Markheim, como buitre a su carroña.
El protagonista de la obra rechaza la ayuda "No haré nada que me ligue voluntariamente al mal". El mal de Markheim, su pecado, es el de una naturaleza humana contradicha, el de un hombre, como otros, a quien la vida "lleva a rastras", porque es "el pecador que no quiere serlo". Por ello, se remite a Dios y a su juicio y echa en cara al diablo su torpeza por no leer en su alma.
Markheim no ve la causa de su pecado en el mal sino en la pobreza y en las circunstancias de su vida, y se reconoce tan capaz de hacer el mal como el bien.
Antes de su entrega voluntaria a la justicia, Markheim verá desfilar ante sí su pasado como "el escenario de una derrota", atento ya sólo a buscar para su vida un refugio tranquilo.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Editorial Libervox Audio
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 ene 2014
• ISBN: 9788416080878

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and travel writer. Born the son of a lighthouse engineer, Stevenson suffered from a lifelong lung ailment that forced him to travel constantly in search of warmer climates. Rather than follow his father’s footsteps, Stevenson pursued a love of literature and adventure that would inspire such works as Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879).

Comentarios para Markheim

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In my opinion this is a great short story, where there is the ABC of a short story plus religious dogmas with references to a famous play written by William Shakespeare.The contrast between the dealer and Markheim is immediate and powerful, this is configurable by the exchange of their discourses.In the first pages of this tale, there is a reference, or better a similitude to Ebenezer Scrooge (Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens) regarding two key points, the emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmases, past, present, and yet to come, and most importantly the lack of the Christmas spirit, a ploy for to introduce a fundamental Christian’s dogma i.e. the equation that the money are the devil’s excrement; this concept has been introduced inside the plot using the phrase at the beginning and at the end: The Stock Exchange.In my opinion “the visitor” is the conscience of Markheim, that has been absorbed and corrupted by his madness due to his thirsty of money.Thinking profoundly on this character, I would like to mention that there is a clear reference to a famous play written by William Shakespeare, i.e. Macbeth for instance the “Banquet Scene” and the emersion of his madness. The main cause for their homicides, is the epic conflict between their free will and their conscience, and their fear of being punished by the divine and terrestrial laws.In conclusion Stevenson even in a short story is able to philosophising.In this case I can assume that as readers we have been led to believe and eventually say that the finance is a sin.CheersItalo