#sophocles

[two-bees-poetry]

this test of the mountain

[starweaverblog]

Oh Electra they'll never make me hate you. Not that i truly hate any character from the house or Atreus. What many people do often is jumping into defence mode for Clytemnestra whereas her actions speak of a layered personality that her actions influenced negatively her children.

Yes she lost a daughter, but Electra and Orestes also lost a sister. Grief became pain, anger twisting the knife of tragedy to this family. Clytemnestra became a mother isolated from her children, closed to her own revenge that caused her own kids to despise her, especially Electra, forced to marry a servant, becoming one by her own mother's hands. The kind of betrayal coming from your parents is a pain deep residing in the soul.

The family's story is one complex one as many of the families in Greek myths. What many however ignore often are how a mother's actions changed her family for the worse instead of being caring and kind.

[mournfulroses]

Sophocles, from "Electra: A Tragedy," translated by Anne Carson

[perfectquote]

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Sophocles, Antigone

[ala-chrisgoods]

Day 22-Tecmessa

[thoughtkick]

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Sophocles, Antigone

[jewelleria]

the only person i'd run through an airport for is you.

antigone, sophocles / summer wars (2009) dir. mamoru hosoda / i’ll give you the sun, jandy nelson / elektra, sophocles / ruth madievsky / right now, gracie abrams / the archive of alternative endings, lindsey drager / the fall of the house of usher, steven berkoff / the replacement, brenna yovanoff / ? / fleabag (2016-2019) / practical magic, alice hoffman

[arch--ang3l]

my daughter