The Bottomless Pit Woyzeck

Here one sees that Woyzeck believes that even if he made it to the eternal paradise of heaven, his suffering would still continue, as he would be made to work on the thunder along with the rest of the poor. On Page 109, Woyzeck comments that the sky is on fire, and believes voices are speaking to him out of the ground. 126-127)

Marie’s prayer does her no good, as soon after this passage Woyzeck brutally murders her and leaves her body by the pond outside town. His protagonist, Woyzeck, is a man doomed to a pitiful existence, constantly plagued with questions that will never be answered. There is no freedom from her suffering, there is no way out. Buchner also allows the reader no hope to fix this situation, as unfortunately the play was never finished and one shall never know, or feel, the complete conclusion and resolution of” Woyzeck”. The young child unfortunately will also be caught in the cycle, and probably grow up to become another Woyzeck, orphaned and stuck under the boots of everyone else. It can’t be… A fine day Captain, Look. ‘And the scribes and the Pharisees brought him a woman taken in adultery and set her in the midst…And Jesus said unto her: Neither do I condemn thee. She cries out to God for help, to absolve her of her indiscretions like Jesus did with the biblical adulteress.

Marie knows she will be punished for her sins. Woyzeck later recounts this experience to Marie quoting the Bible, “ ‘And behold there was a smoke coming from the land like the smoke of an oven’?” This idea is again depicted when Woyzeck is about to stab Marie. Woyzeck says concerning self-control, that the poor can’t possibly do anything but obey nature’s call, much like the horse displayed at the fair: Man in his unidealized state. Almighty God, at least give me the strength to pray…’And stood at his feet weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with ointment.