Greeks Be Cray-Cray
Greeks Be Cray-Cray Throughout the Greek tragedy that is the story of Orestes and his family, we see a vicious cycle of murder unfold. However, each murder is committed by a person with a strong personal belief, that the murder is justified. Ultimately, this leads to a cycle of people trying to bring honor to their loved ones, by committing more murders they feel are justified. Through all three plays, readers see a heavy influence placed on justice, fate, and honor. However, who can decide what all of these things mean in the end? When the humans of the story try to decide what honor and justice truly mean it leads to more murder and more destruction. The cycle will never be broken while men are playing god and trying to avenge the dead. Only when they brought in the goddess of wisdom, Athena, to be the judge, could the cycle be stopped and true justice finally put in place. The only way we can put true justice into practice is by calling on a higher power for our judgment and by p...