Grief, Grief, Revenge, Guilt, more Grief- The never-ending cycle? -Zane Duke
Is it just me, or is this the book we all REALLY should've been in our feels about?
In all seriousness, in The Libation Bearers is a rather poignant cycle of grief, pain and guilt. The House of Atreus is clearly STILL cursed especially now that this mans Orestes has come up in his old house and killed his own mother! Now I'm not going for Clytaemnestra in this battle but what I am saying is that Orestes (and to a lesser extent, the gods) do NOT know how to resolve conflict. The curse is even worse now and the guilt put upon Orestes is so immense that he can't handle it. So my question to Orestes is WHY? (why are you running?)- sorry, I had to. And I think that is the worst thing about this tragedy. Orestes and Electra COULD forgive their mother for not only killing their father but adultering against him as well AND subsequently bringing the guy INTO THE HOUSE after she kills their father. That is quite honestly way too much at one time even for me to forgive, if I was an ancient Grecian at least.
The saddest part of all is that all of this negativity is what makes a tragedy a tragedy. I'm already on the struggle bus as it is! Why do I need to read even MORE sad stuff and get even DEEPER in my feels??!! And that's where the good part of a tragedy comes in. Tragedies are perhaps made for dual purposes. One is to make you feel super sad, but the other is to give you a sense of gratefulness towards your life. I mean, your great grandpa didn't feed his brother's kids to their own dad did he?
...... If he actually did I am so sorry. Like.... my bad dude.
I commented on Kayla Gill and Moriah Nelson's posts.
In all seriousness, in The Libation Bearers is a rather poignant cycle of grief, pain and guilt. The House of Atreus is clearly STILL cursed especially now that this mans Orestes has come up in his old house and killed his own mother! Now I'm not going for Clytaemnestra in this battle but what I am saying is that Orestes (and to a lesser extent, the gods) do NOT know how to resolve conflict. The curse is even worse now and the guilt put upon Orestes is so immense that he can't handle it. So my question to Orestes is WHY? (why are you running?)- sorry, I had to. And I think that is the worst thing about this tragedy. Orestes and Electra COULD forgive their mother for not only killing their father but adultering against him as well AND subsequently bringing the guy INTO THE HOUSE after she kills their father. That is quite honestly way too much at one time even for me to forgive, if I was an ancient Grecian at least.
The saddest part of all is that all of this negativity is what makes a tragedy a tragedy. I'm already on the struggle bus as it is! Why do I need to read even MORE sad stuff and get even DEEPER in my feels??!! And that's where the good part of a tragedy comes in. Tragedies are perhaps made for dual purposes. One is to make you feel super sad, but the other is to give you a sense of gratefulness towards your life. I mean, your great grandpa didn't feed his brother's kids to their own dad did he?
...... If he actually did I am so sorry. Like.... my bad dude.
I commented on Kayla Gill and Moriah Nelson's posts.
We just need ONE happy ending, and I'll be satisfied. Just one instance in which the main character(at the time) makes a good, intelligent decision and doesn't completely ruin his or her whole life because of one impulsive decision!! The people need to think before they act(and not because we're reading a play).
ReplyDeleteOrestes and Electra could have forgiven their mother, but, like you said, that is a lot to take in and forgive. But in this time, wasn't it normal to seek revenge or vengeance? People in this time wanted to stand up and protect their honor and their families. Im still not very clear on how the honor code works, but wouldn't Orestes just be fighting for his father's honor? And, maybe even his own?
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