The legends of the Furies are from Greek and Roman mythologies are known as a vengeful spirits, but to the teens who read Percy Jackson series they’re only known as ark minions of Hades. That however is wrong to the myth; as the Furies are female spirits of justice and vengeance, who do not answer to Hades or any other gods. They are known notably to heavily mentally torture those that murder family members and when they don’t pursue the murders; the Furies punish the dammed in the underworld. The most known spirits are Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera, which are portrayed as monstrous hags with bat wings, black skin, and serpents for hair. Besides their physical appearance, the Erinyes can appear as storm clouds or swarms of insects in the legends. While their appearance can be frightening and sought vengeance; they were not seen as evil, but as defenders of moral order. That side of the Furies is not well-known, but Charles Dickens uses it in his book Tale of Two Cites, in a very unnoticeable scene that is foreboding to say the least. In Dickens’ book on page 115, it says Monsieur the Marquis’ carriage was attended by the Furies represented as crackling whips overhead. The Furies said before are spirits of justice and …show more content…
the tall man suddenly got up from the ground, and came running at the carriage,…Be a brave man, my Gaspard! It is better for the poor little plaything to die so, than to live.” (111-112 Dickens). The Marquis is as said before to be attended by the Furies, which means the child killed will be avenged. The Furies then are foreshadowing the death of the Marquis by someone’s hand probably Gaspard as it was his child killed. A bit after the Marquis is attended by the Furies, a drag or extra weight is felt on the bottom of the carriage of the Monsieur. Since Gaspard is the most likely person to kill the Marquis he would then symbolize the Furies as he gets vengeance for his child’s