Word: orestesã
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...retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orestes, a prince who returns to his native city of Argos only to find that the gods have been punishing the city for failing to stop his mother, Queen Clytemnestra, from murdering her first husband. The play centers on Orestes?? attempt to challenge the gods, and his decision about whether it is easier to live a predetermined life of penitence or to accept the responsibility of choosing one’s own destiny. Jean-Paul Sartre adapted the myth into a play in 1943 to create an allegory about life...
This combination, however, does not guarantee success, and poses far more too-open questions than it gestures to answer. Indeed, the intellectual goal of the play—to re-explore the horrific violence of Orestes?? crime and the tragedies that precipitated it, to “allow the Furies to rise up in flames and present their case one more time”—though spelled out in the playbill, was sadly underdeveloped...
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