Aegisthus does not realize it, but Orestes is seeking revenge upon him and his for the death of Agamemnon. After Orestes kills them,there is nobody left alive to kill him to avenge their deaths. ... The Furies chase Orestes to Apollo's temple where Orestes asks him for forgiveness "May god guide my blind steps finally to peace "(pg144). ... Apollo did order Orestes to commit matricide, but Apollo also absolved him of the crime. ... Orestes knew change was necessary not only for his survival but also the survival of the Greek world. ...

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Orestes then enters the scene and walks by and overhears the talking. ... They greet each other and Orestes starts explaining about everything has happened since his time away. ... As the night dawns, Orestes is approached by a messenger that his father has been found murdered. ... Orestes then strikes down and kills Aegisthus first then turns his attention to his mother. ... The denouement is a conversation between Orestes and Electra with Electra stating that while Orestes did in fact avenge their father's death, killing their mother is also an act despised by the gods and that now hi...

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"Oh, can Orestes live, be somewhere in sunlight still? ... "Nevermore, if God's hand guiding brings Orestes home again... Orestes goes to the home of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus and pretends to be a regular peasant. ... Orestes tells them that he bears a message saying that Orestes has died. ... The only one that could avenge Agamemnon's death was Orestes and now he is dead. ...

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Orestes and Clytemnestra are truly mother and son. The parallels between Orestes and his mother continue. ... Orestes does all of these things as well. While justifying his mothers murder, Orestes began to see furies because the curse of Clytemnestra was upon him now. ... The furies were seen by Orestes and that is a sign of his guilty conscious. ...

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Once Orestes arrived in the palace with Clytemnestra, Electra became extremely blood thirsty and craved to hear the screams of her dying mother. As Electra stood outside the room where Orestes was killing their mother she grew with blood lust screaming for Orestes to cut her down once more. ... When Aegisthus arrived and Orestes proceeded to kill him Electra refused to give him the rights he so very deserved. ... Although once she finds out Orestes is dead she loses what little perspective she had to begin with, now she begins to plot the death of the royal couple by herself and even asks her ...

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Orestes demonstrates bitter rage when he recalls his father's death by his power hungry mother. ... Orestes set out to kill his mother and her lover without a second thought. ... To me this showed an irresponsible part Orestes, like father, like son. Unlike the earlier murders, Orestes felt it necessary to kill although desire played a part in his decision. ... Orestes just needed justice for his father. ...

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Many years after Agamemnon's death, Orestes and Electra return, which their mother Clytaemnestra has betrayed from their rightful inheritance. Orestes has been commanded by the god Apollo to take revenge on his mother for killing Agamemnon and to reclaim the throne. Electra impels Orestes to do this, and at last he does, killing both Clytaemnestra and Aegisthus. ... Orestes must choose what justice he desires, but either way he will incite the furies. ... I believe that even for characters such as Medea and Orestes they must have had their doubts, of Medea killing her children or Oreste...

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In the play Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O"Neal, certain elements in the play give parallels to Greek Mythology. The story that best proves this idea is the story of Agamemnon and his wife Clytemestra and their doomed marriage that ends in an affair and murder. It was dramatic ...

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