Dialectical Journal For Orpheus

If you met a man named Orpheus who had a girlfriend, would you assume her name was Eurydice? Many people would, because the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is from “many, many thousand years ago” and is still passed on today, verbally and through works of literature. In his 1959 film Black Orpheus, Marcel Camus interprets this well-known myth, making changes to the story to make it more dramatic and interesting. Black Orpheus is substantially different from the original myth because Orpheus has a girlfriend before meeting Eurydice, Hermes plays a different role, Orpheus kills Eurydice, Orpheus cannot bring Eurydice back from the underworld, and Orpheus’ death

1. I would put myself in the place of the man on the horse he looks like he could be the leader, so the leader.

Even as he suffers, the parallel of his grief to that of the woman’s dissipates for we are privy to the knowledge that Odysseus is likely to have once been a man who cut down the father of another home. Though the language of grief is universal, spreading itself to Odysseus in likeness, the application of it remains ironic because the self-pursuant and capable hero persists in the blindness that his own hands brought about the same pain in many

Orpheus was the Beethoven of the Greek world, everybody loved his music. Everywhere he went, people listened to his music and loved it. Eurydice was Orpheus’ number one stalker/fan. They fell in love but Eurydice died one day, from a snake bite. Orpheus’ mad love for Eurydice ended up sending him to Tartarus and all he had to do was to bring Eurydice out of the underworld without looking at her. However, he was filled with doubt and he turned to look at her, losing her forever.

I believe that at the end of chapter 1 in the book we are meant to feel that Cole is a very mean person. Also that he thinks he is better than everyone and he is superior, the evidence to show this is on page 4 when it states “Still standing on the dock in front of everyone, Cole smirked as he undressed.” This piece of evidence shows that cole thinks he is better than the people because he is smirking as he undresses in front of them. Another piece of evidence to show that cole thinks he is better than everyone is on page 5 and it says “Nothing could be farther from the truth. To cole this was another big game.” This clearly is showing that cole thinks he is better than everyone he takes everything as a game he doesn’t really realize what is

The novel opens with a narrative directive, presumably to the reader: Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened. First, picture the forest. I want you to be its conscience, the eyes in the trees. What is the effect of this directive on you as a reader? What does it suggest about the novel that’s about to unfold? As Orleanna continues her narration, who does the “you” that she is speaking to appear to be? To what great disasters does she allude? Why is she telling the story looking back (past) on Africa while the girls seem to tell it as if it’s happening (present) in Africa? “And now we are here” (Kingsolver 13).

Author’s Note- Hey guys thanks for sticking around for chapter two! Okay so first of all beatzlc and anyone else who was wondering, the gang is in 10th grade or sophomore in HIgh School. Anyway I’m going to get on with the chapter and sorry I just got home from a baseball game and I just ate dinner so this chapter will probably be short since I want to bring this story up on Tuesdays, Thursday, and Saturdays! Now that I got that schedule for three days in the week I can stick to that! Oh. and don’t worry about my other fanfictions I am working on that and trying to bring some one-shots up but I am loaded with school and you might have to wait for that but let’s get to the chapter!

The sun finally rose and my owner, Sybil, sluggishly woke up from a terrible sleep. I watch her from next to the bed as she begins her morning routine almost as if nothing happened. During the night, I tried to sleep next to her on the bed but she was constantly tossing and turning, she held her head in her hands trying to block out something that was not there, and she began to scream in pain. My owner changes sometimes, her differences scare me and I run away to hide. After a while, my owner falls asleep but continues to suffer or she leaves and I am all alone. I worry about my owner; I do not always understand what happens to her. Some nights, she picks up heavy things and throws them around the room and she breaks things and screams loudly

Although Orpheus was just a musician, he still went on life threatening quests. He first joined Jason and the Argonauts on a quest to find the golden fleece. While others brought weapons, preparing for the future, Orpheus brought his lyre. Without his help the Argonauts would have been lost at sea. When the Sirens sang their irresistible song tempting them, Orpheus sang and was able to drown the birds (Lee). Due to the rapid waves and the harsh wind the boat was driven on to the sand. Orpheus sang a song which pressure the sand to let go of its grip (Lee). Shortly after the return from the journey Orpheus fell deeply in love with Eurydice or otherwise known as Agriope. She was a beautiful nymph who was soon to be married to Orpheus. They loved

Another brave man who travelled to the underworld was Orpheus the son of Apollo, although in some versions he is said to be the son of Oiagros. Just like his father Apollo, Orpheus was very good at music and poetry. His music could melt the hearts of mortals, gods and beats alike. His music could even trees and stones. His talent brought him fame and he was well known by many. One day, there was a gathering between humans and beats where Orpheus spotted Eurydice, they fell in love and got married. Unfortunately, according to Buxton, their marriage did not last because Orpheus lost his wife to a snake bite. Orpheus was so heartbroken; he mourned his wife for days. He later devised a plan to travel to the underworld in order to bring his wife

The Mythological story of Eurydice and Orpheus is a millennia-old myth of agony and desperation that has influenced many writers and still does as of today. People associate their own experiences in account of their emotional state with those of Orpheus and even retell the myth with altered diction and from Eurydice's perspective. As poets analyze this myth there are noticeable similarities and differences amid the poems “ Eurydice in Darkness”- Peter Davison , “Eurydice”- Steve Kowit, to the original myth itself. The diction, points of view, imagery, tone and mood influence the interpretations that can be made and shape the relationship of these poems. The poets describe Orpheus as childish and weak aside from his skills and “god-like” ego.

In Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy, he provides in the twelfth poem of his third book, a summary of the Greek tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. He utilizes the tale to showcase a parallel between their tragic love and the Christian’s relationship with God. Orpheus yearning for his deceased wife is similar to the strong belief a Christian has for God. Considering Boethius, and others of his time, viewed God as the embodiment of goodness, the beginning lines of his poem, “Happy, the one who can see/ the clear source of good,/ happy, the one who can release/ the chains of heavy earth” can represent a Christian (Boethius lines 1-4).

The myth of Eurydice is a sad story in which two lovers are separated by death. After his love dies, Orpheus journeys into the underworld to retrieve her, but instead loses her for good. Playwright Sarah Ruhl takes the myth of Eurydice and attempts to transform this sad tale into a more light-hearted story. However, despite humorous lines and actions throughout the play, the melancholy situation of the actual tale overwhelms any comicality present. Although meant to be funny, Sarah Ruhl's “Eurydice” can be seen as a modernized tragedy about two lovers who are separated forever by a twist of fate.

He lost his true love to deadly venom, but he was lucky. Hades permitted him to take her back to the living world on one condition: he could not look back at her as he led her out of the Underworld. Guess what Orpheus did?”

In the legend, Orpheus is considered the greatest musician to have ever lived. He was the son of the God Apollo, the god of the son, music, truth and prophecy. According to the story, Orpheus’ wife Euridice was unfortunately bitten by a snake and killed while trying to escape from Aristaeus, a Shepard, who was overcome by her beauty and was pursuing her through the woods. When Orpheus learned of Euridice’s death he was grief stricken and sang, he sang a tune so beautiful it deeply touched everything, living and not living, in all the world and the heavens above. He descended into Hades, and when he played his song, even managed to melt Hades cold heart. He was told that he told take Euridice, but only on one condition, he could not look upon her until they were out of the underworld. As foreshadowed, Orpheus could not resist looking back before they had fully escaped the underworld, and he lost her forever along with meeting his own death soon after. Both operas replace the tragedy of the original myth with something more suiting and cheerful. In L’Orfeo, the opera ends with Orpheus being