“He did not why she pulled out the hair of the dead. Accordingly, he did not know whether her case was to be put down as good or bad. But in his eyes, pulling out the hair of the dead in the Rashomon on this stormy night was an unpardonable crime. Of course it never entered his mind that a little while ago he had though of becoming a thief” HypocrisyContradictionJapanese LiteratureRashomonRyunosuke Akutagawa Book:Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories Source: Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
“He did not know why she pulled out the hair of the dead. Accordingly, he did not know whether her case was to be put down as good or bad. But in his eyes, pulling out the hair of the dead in the Rashomon on this stormy night was an unpardonable crime. Of course it never entered his mind that a little while ago he had though of becoming a thief” Social JusticeHypocrisyContradictionJapanese LiteratureMoral SuperiorityRyunosuke Akutagawa Book:Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories Source: Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories