While the son is aware that killing his mother can anger the gods and furies and kill him. He feels compelled to listen to Apollo. This curse ends with the son's trial. Now, as he kills his father, a god Appolo says that he is justified and promises that the curse will take him. However the Furies believe this is not true. This culminated in him being tried and ultimately acquitted. Furries represent justice as revenge, but have been shown to be an insufficient despoilment of justice as they do more harm than good. The process for democracy and fairness then ultimately turns the furies into ehumids regarding light and marriage. This symbolizes that justice should be about democracy and fairness and when we use justice as revenge it causes more harm than good. Another implication produced in the Oresteia is that more advanced societies will use a democratic justice system. Like the test that God gave to his brother. This is evident because the trial system was brought from Athens. The Greek city was considered one of the most cutting-edge and best cities of its time. The Oresteia is written by an Athenian writer who aims in his writings to demonstrate how advanced the Athenians were in their time, including their judicial system. Athena brings justice through trial as an entirely new system to Mycenae. And while this system is perhaps more advantageous than the previous one
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