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Progression Towards Light
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Aeschylus' use of darkness and light as a consistent image in the
Oresteia depicts a progression from evil to goodness, disorder to order. In the
Oresteia, there exists a situation among mortals which has gotten out of
control; a cycle of death has arisen in the house of Atreus. There also exist ....
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....ersisted with this latest gruesome act of murder. Because
darkness results from the death of Agamemnon, Aeschylus clearly illustrates that
this murder was nothing but pure evil. As long as this type of evil continues
to be practiced in the house of Atreus, darkness will continue to emerge. The
Oresteia has not yet seen the light.
The beginning of the progression from darkness to light can initially be
seen in the second play of the trilogy, The Libation Bearers. Orestes is the
embodiment o.... |
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