Interesting conclusion to this play, but I cant say I didn't see this coming. The cycle of bloodshed will continue to till justice is met. I really don't know when that will happen since everyone in the play is getting revenge in the name of justice and that the divine gods ordered such things to happen. Now what confuses me a bit is when and where do the gods give permission for justice to be served. Clytemnestra and Orestes, even Agamemnon say the gods approve of such killings, but I don't see a direct dialogue between the gods and these individuals or am I just supposed to know that and if so, why are they meeting their fates after doing what the gods "approve" of.
Orestes and Clytemnestra are truly mother and son. The parallels between Orestes and his mother continue. She, too, appeared in public proudly displaying the body of her victim. She, too, declared that the murder was in the name of justice, and that finally the cycle of violence was over. She, too, displayed the robe that Agamemnon had. 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. If Apollo said that murdering his mother was justified then he should have nothing to fear and I guess this is where the confusion sets in for me. .
The way the play is left off is very interesting, but any good tragedy must have this kind of twist on it. I am wondering what will happen to Orestes, I don't want him to die and if he is murdered who will be the one to do it? Who will want revenge on him, maybe electra? She despised her mother and wanted her to pay for the murder of her father, but maybe the gods will call it upon her to avenge her mother's death by murdering her brother. .
The furies were seen by Orestes and that is a sign of his guilty conscious. It was sensed that it wasn't right for him to murder his mother.
