Why the story of Orpheus and Eurydice moves us
In this essay, I will be talking about how the story of Orpheus and Eurydice moves us and why it is so sad. We know that Orpheus is very talented at playing the lyre, as he was taught by Apollo (who was the god of music) and this plays a major part in how Orpheus tries to get his wife back.
One of the main reasons it is so moving and sad is that the lovers didn’t do anything deserve have both of their lives destroyed. She had very bad luck and hadn’t done anything bad in her life to earn what happened to her
When Orpheus makes his way down to the underworld and tries to convince Hades to let his wife back to the mortal world, so he plays a song on his lyre to try and convince Hades to let her go with him. The song is so sad and emotional that all of the bloodless spirits wept as he sang his song. According to the story, the spirits stopped what they were doing, for example, Tantalus did not reach for the ever retreating water and Sisyphus stopped pushing his rock. This gives emphasis to how powerful the song was and how desperate Orpheus was. This is supported by the quote “the bloodless spirits wept as he spoke, accompanying his words with the music”. Even Hades, which is normally cold-hearted and mean was saddened by Orpheus’ song and couldn’t just ignore him. This must mean the song was so sad even …show more content…
This suggests that their relationship will finally end and that she has accepted her fate. This is moving and sad because they had another chance to live a happy life together and Orpheus ended it because he loved her too much to keep his eyes from looking at her. She accepts her fate, as proven in the quote “there was no complaint to her husband (what, then could she complain of, except that she had been loved?)”. This shows that she is not sad but she is fine because she had been loved in her life, and that was all she really
In this essay, I will be talking about how the story of Orpheus and Eurydice moves us and why it is so sad. We know that Orpheus is very talented at playing the lyre, as he was taught by Apollo (who was the god of music) and this plays a major part in how Orpheus tries to get his wife back.
One of the main reasons it is so moving and sad is that the lovers didn’t do anything deserve have both of their lives destroyed. She had very bad luck and hadn’t done anything bad in her life to earn what happened to her
When Orpheus makes his way down to the underworld and tries to convince Hades to let his wife back to the mortal world, so he plays a song on his lyre to try and convince Hades to let her go with him. The song is so sad and emotional that all of the bloodless spirits wept as he sang his song. According to the story, the spirits stopped what they were doing, for example, Tantalus did not reach for the ever retreating water and Sisyphus stopped pushing his rock. This gives emphasis to how powerful the song was and how desperate Orpheus was. This is supported by the quote “the bloodless spirits wept as he spoke, accompanying his words with the music”. Even Hades, which is normally cold-hearted and mean was saddened by Orpheus’ song and couldn’t just ignore him. This must mean the song was so sad even …show more content…
This suggests that their relationship will finally end and that she has accepted her fate. This is moving and sad because they had another chance to live a happy life together and Orpheus ended it because he loved her too much to keep his eyes from looking at her. She accepts her fate, as proven in the quote “there was no complaint to her husband (what, then could she complain of, except that she had been loved?)”. This shows that she is not sad but she is fine because she had been loved in her life, and that was all she really