1st Victim -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 20:29:46 02/17/08 Sun
Author: Caitlin
Subject: 1st Victim

"If the sacrificial victim belonged to the community (as does the surrogate victim), then his death would promote further violence instead of dispelling it. Far from reiterating the effects of generative violence, the sacrifice would inaugurate a new crisis" (Violence and the Sacred 269). Girard is speaking against having the victim be a member of the community. However, doesn't the victim HAVE to be a member of the community in the first place? The original victim has to have been a part of the community. Their death IS what spurs the subsequent surrogate victim sacrifice and ritual. Am I on the right track? What exactly is Girard getting at? Is this even important or am I just splitting hairs?

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