Rensho Killed Atsumori

There are different perspectives for each and every event that happens. Rensho killed Atsumori, a young general, and has regretted ever since for taking away a young life. Atsumori on the other hand, after death, he had wandered around for years before coming across Rensho whom he asked to help him move on to the next life. In the beginning, they were enemies and one person had killed the other. At the end, none of the events had changed except for the fact that the two became friends instead. People are enemies only due to a misunderstanding, so if they could resolve that, then everyone could be friends and everything would be at peace. In this essay, I would like to prove that enemies can end up as friends, as long as they try to look at things from a different perspective and sincerity also plays a big role. There are two types of people in this world after they have killed …show more content…
In the play, it says, “It was I, you understand, who struck Atsumori down; and the great sorrow of this deed moved me to become the monk you see. Now I am setting out for Ichi-no-tani, to comfort Atsumori and guide his spirit towards enlightenment.” (Zeami 39) People who are fighting and killing each other know that they cannot feel sorrow or guilt when they kill someone or they will not be able to get the job done. Kumagai, who is a great warrior from the Musashi province knows this well but the shock from Atsumori’s death stayed with him for a long time. Before the incident when Kumagai was not familiar with Atsumori, he was perfectly capable of moving on after killing his enemies without feeling an ounce of guilt, based on what is told in the play. If some other warrior were to be put in Kumagai’s position at the time of Atsumori’s death, he might have felt guilt for a short time, however, he would most likely forget it overtime and move