Westworld: The Meaning Behind "These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"

This year, HBO introduced us to a new epic drama called Westworld. Based on a 1973 film of the same name, the show focuses on a futuristic theme park, inhabited solely by robots, that allows guests to indulge their darkest fantasies. There's a set of rules, of course, but on the whole it seems like visitors can do as they please . . . but it's clear that not all is as it seems. One poetic phrase seems to be wreaking havoc in this futuristic world: "These violent delights have violent ends." We'...

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