The Mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice

. Orpheus lost Eurydice for the second time, because he did not have faith in her and did not see her as a free will.
             The beginning of the poem was their journey back to the living world. Atwood described the scene of the moment when Orpheus and Eurydice almost reached the living world. Atwood used "green light" as prefer to the living world that had once killed Eurydice. The word "once" was used to describe the distance between Eurydice and the living world even though she had just left the living world not long ago. Atwood kept using passive verbs when Eurydice talked about her feeling. "I was obedient, but was not my choice." Eurydice considered herself as obedient, but she did not have any feeling or willing to follow Orpheus as described by the word "numb." Eurydice expressed that it was not her choice to return.
             Everything was Orpheus' desire. "It was this hope of yours that kept me fol
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