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Why Orestes Situation Is Tragic

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The purpose of this essay is to argue why Orestes’ situation is tragic and how does Apollo affect it. I am going to argue that Orestes’ situation is tragic because is stuck in a cycle of violence whilst being influenced by Apollo’s power. Orestes puts his faith in Apollo declaring that “Apollo will never fail me, no, his tremendous power, his oracle charges me to see this trial through.” It is not necessarily through free will that he decides to trust Apollo but through fear of what will happen to him if he chooses not to. This fear comes from the way the gods continue the cycle of violence on his household because of Zeus’ son Tantalus who was thrown out of Mount Olympus for feeding his children to the gods. Orestes sees he is damned
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