Hypatia Summary

Although the description of Hypatia’s death captures the audience’s attention, the truth to it all is simply that Hypatia was just murdered shown by the evidence of the diction Zielsinki uses suggesting that Peter the Lector was dehumanizing her and had brutal nature. The diction used by Zielsinski’s shows how Peter the Lector didn’t think of Hypatia as a human but instead as an animal or just an object. Described in the article, it says how the Lector beat Hypatia with roofing tiles shows that he didn’t want to even touch her. Peter thought she was ‘unclean’ and didn’t want her filth to stain him. The “mob”, a crowd bent on or engaged in lawless violence, follows the action of their leader the Lector of treating her like the animal he thinks she is. In the mind of the Lector and his mob, a Pagan worships monster such as the minotaur. A god must be like a man, not an animal which explains why Peter the Lector and his crew “beat” or strike Hypatia violently and repeatedly for the prize of her dead, demolished body. The fact that Hypatia was “stripped” suggests that

When Zielsinski uses the word “dragged” it shows how it wasn’t just a drag of motivation like dragging someone out of bed to get up and be productive in the morning. Hypatia was drawn with forceful effort in order for Peter the Lector to brutally murder her. For Peter dragging Hypatia into a church just shows how he was thinking even more brutal thoughts. The Lector wanted Hypatia to be shamed in front of God. A church is thought of as a peaceful place or a place of worship where depending on the religion you won’t get judged unless of another religion. Zielsinski wanted to prove that Hypatia was not welcome and was not wanted by Peter the Lector and his mob. Peter the Lector overall was a cruel man who took away the mind of Hypatia and tore apart her body due to being a Pagan