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Essay Archive - Progression Towards Light
Progression Towards Light
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 exists
a divine disorder within the story which, as the situation of the mortals, must
be brought to resolution: the Furies, an older generation of gods, are in
conflict with the younger Olympian gods because they have been refused their
ancient right to avenge murders between members of the same family. The
Orest....
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