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Orestes Monologue from Electra

From Electra by Euripides

male · defiant · 56 sec

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Electra, first as workers of this grace Praise thou the Gods, and after, if thou will, Praise also me, as chosen to fulfil God's work and Fate's.--Aye, 'tis no more a dream; In very deed I come from slaying him. Thou hast the knowledge clear, but lo, I bring More also. See himself, dead! [_Attendants bring in the body of_ AEGISTHUS _on a bier_. Wouldst thou fling This lord on the rotting earth for beasts to tear? Or up, where all the vultures of the air May glut them, pierce and nail him for a sign Far off? Work all thy will. Now he is thine.

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Orestes reveals to Electra that he has killed Aegisthus, presenting the body as a symbol of their revenge and challenging her to decide what to do with it.

20s · determination · revenge · death · fate · power

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