The Physicists: MUAHAHAHAHA- Totally deserved it

            When I first read the ending, I was shocked, but after a few minutes, I was like “YEA! Go Mathilde von Zahnd! Mess up their plans! Show those physicists that they are the fools!” I accepted the ending even though it’s not like a regular comedic ending with unity at the end. The ending was filled with despair and no unity as all three physicists went into their own little soliloquy of who they were and walked back hopelessly into their rooms. I believe Mobius and the other physicists deserved such an ending. They tried to “save” humanity from destruction, but they did so in a despicable fashion. Although Mathilde von Zahnd is a bit of a nutter for believing in King Solomon, her actions were the punishment that the physicists deserved in the end.

            First off, all of them murdered a nurse. Even though these nurses were really working for Fraulein von Zahnd, they were still human beings. In act two, the physicists (Mobius, Eisler, and Kilton) finally toast to the nurses’ death. They decide to keep themselves (and their knowledge-filled minds) hidden in the sanatorium of Les Cerisiers in order to avoid the destruction of humanity so that the nurses will not have died in vain. Murder is already a morally wrong deed, but how dare they be so arrogant as to choose who dies in order to “save humanity”?!! It’s also ironic how they’re trying to save humanity, yet they themselves take human lives. I understand if they think some humans must be sacrificed for the “greater good,” but why couldn’t they have committed suicide? That’s a solution that would keep their knowledge/discoveries away from the outside world, and it wouldn’t involve murder of other people. They deserved a hopeless ending for their repulsive act of murder and believing they were doing it for a good reason.

            Secondly, Mobius definitely deserved such a miserable ending. I know, I know: he believes his discoveries will be the destruction of humanity, and he had to handle it himself. Well, that does NOT excuse him from being a good father and husband (at least in my opinion it does not). He put his poor wife thru years of hard work just to sustain him and his sons (that lazy bum). I believe if a person brings a child into this world, it is not only his/her partner’s responsibility but his/her responsibility too. He could have at least exploited two or three discoveries to earn some money (like Fraulein von Zahnd did) to give to his wife and kids. Mobius definitely deserved such an ending because he abandoned his responsibilities to financially support his family.

            In conclusion, the ending for the physicists was well-deserved for their despicable actions. Yes, I understand they were trying to do it to save humanity from being destroyed by Mobius’s discoveries. However, I don’t believe they needed to murder anyone or abandon their families in order to do that. Slightly going off in a tangent, in “21 Points to the Physicists”, it says, “Each attempt of an individual to resolve for himself what is the concern of everyone is doomed to fail.” Perhaps, if the physicists shared their concerns with the world, there might be a group of people that would side with them and spread their belief of preserving humanity. Also, if humanity IS all about destruction and using knowledge against each other, then maybe humanity deserves to go extinct for being so savage.