Just finished a course at Stanford, The Oresteia where Cassandra has a relevant role in The Agamemnon. Although her voice is not heard or ignored in play 1, her message is heard in the abstract and in the final play The Eumenides, the rule of law is established and the voices of darkness and destruction are silenced. It is only those who choose deafness that live in the dark. Sometimes we just need to "shout". love you. grandma di
A reader asked WHY does literature have messages of doom rather than hope?? My answer: Literature attempts to be truthful and enlightening; as long as we live in a dark, inhumane and troubling world that portends trumpian disaster, the truth will belie “tidings of joy”. Dianne
Just finished a course at Stanford, The Oresteia where Cassandra has a relevant role in The Agamemnon. Although her voice is not heard or ignored in play 1, her message is heard in the abstract and in the final play The Eumenides, the rule of law is established and the voices of darkness and destruction are silenced. It is only those who choose deafness that live in the dark. Sometimes we just need to "shout". love you. grandma di
A reader asked WHY does literature have messages of doom rather than hope?? My answer: Literature attempts to be truthful and enlightening; as long as we live in a dark, inhumane and troubling world that portends trumpian disaster, the truth will belie “tidings of joy”. Dianne