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Episode Synopsis
Ever since Aeschylus’ Oresteia, the motif of the trial has been fun-
damental to literature. Ideally, the trial serves to bring the truth to
light and to assign people their just deserts. In practice, literature
questions and complicates this simple conception of a trial.
damental to literature. Ideally, the trial serves to bring the truth to
light and to assign people their just deserts. In practice, literature
questions and complicates this simple conception of a trial.
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