In the Eumenides, we read and see many new and different interactions between the characters throughout this play. This is very significant because we finally see interaction between the people and the gods, in this case Orestes has interactions with Apollo and Athens. Up to this point, the gods did not communicate with the people and just watched what they did in certain situations but now Athens and Apollo are on Orestes side with the trial about him killing his mother, Clytemnestra. In the beginning of the play, Apollo tells Orestes that he will “never fail you, through to the end your guardian standing by your side or worlds away!”. This significant because this is the first time we see a god promising to guide someone until their death and will never fail them. Later on, when Orestes is praying to the god Athens, the Furies are trying to capture Orestes, she answers his prayers “From another world” because she “heard a call for help”. The audience is seeing interaction between people and gods and she is even answering his prayer which we have not seen anybody pray to this point of the play. Personally, I enjoy this part of the play the most because I like to see the relationship between the gods and characters. It makes the play more interesting and more enjoyable to read.
This is probably the most significant interactions throughout the whole play because in the beginning we noticed that the gods did not interact with any of the characters and simply just watched. Now we are starting to see action by the gods in the play.
