HUMA 1825 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Tale Of Melibee, Pelias, Robert Bolt

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The man tried to enter the doorway blocked by the guard. The guard would not let him in, and he was the lowest ranking guard, as three other guards with higher ranks. The man was trying to enter the law, but the guard was the law blocking him from entering. Everyone should have access to the law at all times - the man. From lady justice to the firing squad. Prophecies of what the courts will do, and nothing more pretentious, is what i mean by the law (oliver. Wendell holmes, chief justice of the u. s. supreme court) Prophecies of what the courts will do in fact, and nothing more pretentious, is what i mean by the law. After murdering his mother, clytaemnestra, and her lover, aegisthus, orestes flees argos and goes to. There, he seeks protection at the temple of apollo because the avenging furies are tormenting him, infuriated that clytaemnestra has been slain.