Eurydice- “I’ll come back to you. I seem to keep
dying.(214)” Each character is trying
to help or save the other, they do not make decisions to better themselves, but
to better the lives of the people they love.
It is so futile what they are trying to do, because they just continue
to die. All of the effort spent by the
Father is pointless because she returns momentarily. Father- “You should go to your husband. You
should have grandchildren. You’ll all come down to meet me one day.(214)” He wants a life for her even though he cannot
have one himself, but he doesn’t seem worried because he knows that eventually
his future family will soon join him in the underworld.
Orpheus- “When I played my music at the gates of hell I was
singing your name over and over and over again.(244)” Orpheus dared to knock on the gates of hell
in order to save his love, and it was his singing her name over and over that
made the Stones of the Underworld shed tears and allow his passage. Once again it was a pointless effort, seeing
as she returns to be with her father and Orpheus returns again, to save
her. They just seem to keep dying.
John Michael Moore
Wow, both of these quotes are very powerful. I especially feel the second one. It truly shows his persistence to stay with Eurydice.
ReplyDeleteI love the second quote, too. I thought the image of her name being the key to get him through the gate was so powerful when I read this play. His desperation could be felt by even three Stones who are determined to expel all human emotion.
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