Progression of Light in Aeschylus' Oresteia
Title: Progression of Light in Aeschylus' Oresteia
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1449 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Progression of Light in Aeschylus' Oresteia
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1449 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
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…showed last 75 words of 1449 total…brings and end to the vicious cycle of dark death continued by Clytaemestra. He illuminates the dark evil in the house of Atreus. Likewise, Athene and Apollo bring the Furies out of their dark, blood-lusting ways and into an order of justice and reason, transforming them into the brightly clad Benevolent Ones. In the end, goodness prevails over evil just as light conquers darkness. Aeschylus effectively makes use of his images to emphasize this movement.
