Spectators vs. Actors

Hannah Arendt believes that in reality, there exists two forms of human beings: spectators and actors. As plurality is a basic feature of the human condition, we therefore possess unity with other human beings and we are all in a sense connected. Spectators are active non-participants in life's daily business (Arednt 93). The actors are the people performing in action what the spectator already expects of them. Spectators are people who are able to withdrawal their mind from the condition of all mental activities so they can thus truly think and contemplate. Overall, it is the spectator and not the actor who therefore holds the clue to the meaning of human affairs (Arendt 96).