HUMA 1825 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Elizabethan Era, Stoicism, Jury Trial
9 Dec 2015
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Gender: after killing clytemnestra, orestes is pursued by female deities, the furies, and saved by a male deity, apollo. Of course, a female deity has the last word: in the eumenides, the goddess athena votes to acquit orestes, the pacifies the enraged furies. Her action not only establishes a new order of justice but also reconciles the warring sexes. Athena also had not had a mother, this is a bias to the male fixation of father > mother. Persuasion/story-telling: (1) athena uses a bribe to persuade the furies from taking action on the city; (2) athena uses her hierarchal power. Revenge: (1) orestes seeks revenge on his mother for killing his father; (2) the furies seek revenge on orestes for killing his mother. Betrayal: (1) the furies feel betrayed by the law through athena"s verdict; (2) orestes feels betrayed by his mother for killing his father.
