Electra (2015)
“She could not be left or she would tear off her garments and run out into the night, ripping at her skin with her nails and crying, 'No! Don't!' Something about Eumides attracted her especial hatred. After she had attacked him, trying to claw out his eyes, Chryse and I shared the watch and sat between her and our comrade. Orestes, questioned, said that he had never seen her behave like his before. Eumides took over the care of the boy, and they grew closer together. So did Chryse and I, watchin...g and wearying over the tormented princess.
'What can have happened to her?' I asked for the seven hundredth time, as we wrestled her to the ground in another shepherd's hut in another Artemision. I lost patience and sat on her, pinning her to the earth floor. Sometimes this calmed her back into sleep.
'She must have been tortured. I feel now that your disapproval of seclusion is wise, Cassandra. Lock creatures up in close cages and they will attack each other.' 'Her mother?MoreLess
'What can have happened to her?' I asked for the seven hundredth time, as we wrestled her to the ground in another shepherd's hut in another Artemision. I lost patience and sat on her, pinning her to the earth floor. Sometimes this calmed her back into sleep.
'She must have been tortured. I feel now that your disapproval of seclusion is wise, Cassandra. Lock creatures up in close cages and they will attack each other.' 'Her mother?MoreLess
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