CLAS 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Drama Therapy, Aeschylus, Origin Myth
6 Apr 2018
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Athena, goddess of justice, doesn"t know how to deal w/ orestes either. Athena realizes that if the furies lose the case they will unleash a plague/lay waste to the city. Athena chooses judges to weigh in on orestes"s trial. Orestes has been acquitted but swears an oath to never have his men (from argos) attack athens. Orestes says if ppl break this oath after he"s dead, he"ll rise up and haunt them like a fury. The furies promise a plague/blight, athena quells their anger by turning them into the. Theory (basic): viewing and, even more so, participating in theatrical productions can have positive impacts on our lives. Theory (ancient): tragedy is the mimesis (imitation or representation) of a serious action. The mimesis is done by those who perform instead of through narrative, bringing about through pity and fear the purification (katharsis) of such emotions. Theory (modern): creation of identity involves risky aesthetics", our becoming" relies on experimentation.
