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"How will you remember?"
Memory in Eurydice
Forms of Water
Like how memory can take different shapes, so too does water throughout the play.
River
Forgetting
Rain
Holds memories
Cleansing
Sea
Indulgence
Blissful ignorance
Drink
Thirst
Avoidance
Tears
Emotion
Pain
It's simple to forget, and it is painful to remember. So is memory purely good and forgetting purely bad?
On the hypothesis that water retains a memory of substances that were previously dissolved in it.
Memory as Connection
The string room is a place where Eurydice remembers and connects with her Father.
Orpheus ties a string around Eurydice's finger to simulate a wedding ring and as a reminder of their love.
Eurydice's umbrella keeps her from forgetting when she arrives in the elevator.
Her Father is able to remember his childhood and Eurydice's youth, sharing those memories with her.
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