Zorro is a mythical story set in the Mexican "cowboy' era and somehow becomes synonymous with an anguished person's efforts trying to have 2 faces to the world. What's really eating you Zorro? There's no idealistic world for you to save, there's no damsel in distress for you to sweep away!!
The Zorro myth is popular because of its obvious fantasy that you can have a background of rich and nobility(how you arrive to such a position was never told!!) but still have a conscience to save the poor and the trodden.
Hence the Mask.
If indeed the Zorro story is true, one wonders how he can hide his other identity from his wife,family and close friends.
We can imagine Zorro's wife inviting friends and family to a dinner and when asked where's Zorro?
Possibly the reply.."Oh, he's out there in the countryside killing your fellow soldiers who are raiding the villages!!!"
So,what's really eating you Zorro?
Just be yourself and within the midst of ordinariness you can still find greatness and peaceful solace and you know why? You are as what Popeye says,"I yam what i yam".
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