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During the American Civil War, Walt Whitman volunteers as a nurse and cares for wounded soldier John Wormley, who conceals that he is a Confederate. Their intimacy and Wormley’s letter threaten the Union hospital, leading to a confrontation before a messenger announces the war’s end.
Eurydice dies while trying to recover a letter from her father and descends to the underworld, where she has lost her memory. Her father helps her remember, and Orpheus follows her below to bring her back. On their return journey she calls out to him; he looks back, and she is lost again. She later chooses forgetfulness in the river, while Orpheus finds but cannot read the letter she left.
During the American Civil War, Walt Whitman volunteers as a nurse and cares for wounded soldier John Wormley, who conceals that he is a Confederate. Their intimacy and Wormley’s letter threaten the Union hospital, leading to a confrontation before a messenger announces the war’s end.
Eurydice dies while trying to recover a letter from her father and descends to the underworld, where she has lost her memory. Her father helps her remember, and Orpheus follows her below to bring her back. On their return journey she calls out to him; he looks back, and she is lost again. She later chooses forgetfulness in the river, while Orpheus finds but cannot read the letter she left.