Eurydice Analysis

Micheal Hassel
1) Where

 The underworld

 A wedding

 The water pump

 The interesting apartment

 A string room

Euridice’s father says it smells

2) When

a) Unspecified, they wear 1950’s garb

3) Who

a) Eurydice

 Woman

 Wife

 Daughter of Father

 Too in love with Orpheus

 Loves to read

 Doesn’t like Chile

b) Orpheus

 Male

 Husband
  Too in love with Eurydice

 Loves music

c) Father

 Male

 Very close relationship with Eurydice

 Loves Eurydice

 Deceased

 Loses his memory

d) The Stones

 The chorus

 Guard(ers) of the underworld

 Don’t like music, sound, or words

 They don’t not understand Orpheus

 Nasty children

 Enforce rules

 Don’t understand Eurydice

e) Child

 The Lord of the Underworld

 Wants Eurydice to be his lover

 Thinks marriage is for children

 Leads Eurydice to her death

4) What Happened before?

  Before the show Eurydice’s father is dead. Eurydice and Orpheus have met and fallen in

love.

5) Function of characters

a) Principle characters

 Protagonist: The protagonist is Eurydice. Her character is in love with Orpheus and

dies. When she dies she meets her father and is asked to marry the Lord of the

Underworld.

 Antagonist: The antagonist is The Lord of the Underworld. The Lord of the

Underworld eventually leads Eurydice to her death and makes Orpheus and her father

lose their memories as well.

 Secondary Characters: Orpheus, Father, and The Stones are all secondary characters.

They bring color to the story of Eurydice and add conflicts and complex moral

struggles.

6) Dialogue

 There are very broken thoughts and sentences

 Switch between classical and modern language

 Poetic feel

 Literary devices

7) What Happens in the play

 The show starts with Eurydice and Orpheus, two people that are considered too much in

love. They get married and then Eurydice is lured to an apartment by a man telling her he

has a letter from her dead father. Eurydice tries to run away from the man, but she falls

down the stairs and dies. Eurydice goes to the underworld where she wakes up without
 her memory. Her father finds her and eventually helps her recover her memory. Now

Orpheus has figured a way to travel to the Underworld and bring Eurydice back to life.

He convinces the Child to let Eurydice go, but when they leave, Eurydice must walk

behind him, and Orpheus is forbidden to look back at her. Sadly, Orpheus looks back as

soon as Eurydice calls his name and the two eventually lose their memory.

8) Plays Themes

a) Timing

b) Love

c) Fate