Who is Orpheus? Why is he mentioned by Lorenzo?
Answers
Answer:
Lorenzo gives a passionate speech on the power of music. Lorenzo is very fond of music and says that night time and quietness is the ideal situation to listen to music. He asks Jessica to admire the beauty of the night, the grandeur of the stars, suggesting that even the smallest twinkling star looks like it is singing musically to Angels. He decries humans' incapability to be ‘harmonious', like the ‘immortal beings. While he is talking, the musicians arrive. Apparently, Jessica is not very fond of music. Lorenzo tries to explain the power of music to Jessica. Even the most savage, unruly and brutal herd of animals are silenced by music and says that Jessica is not able to love music as her spirits are attentive. He also cites the example of how Orpheus, a musician in Greek myth, could even make the stones and rivers listen to his music. Music has the power to change man's nature into good. A person who does not appreciate music is untrustworthy, treasonous and has evil purposes. He makes a reference to the Greek god of darkness, Erebus, explaining that a person without music has intentions as dark as Erebus'. He impassionedly cautions Jessica to never ever trust this kind of a person with no love for music.