Editing Hadestown (section)

=== Act I ===
Orpheus is an [[Poverty|impoverished]] and orphaned musician who, despite his struggles with poverty, sees the world through an [[idealist]] point of view. [[Hermes]], who raised Orpheus, introduces him to an impoverished and starving woman named Eurydice, who sees the world through a [[Materialism|materialist]] point of view. The two fall in love, and Orpheus promises to Eurydice that he will write a [[Magic|magical]] song of love that will correct the seasons, which had fallen into a cycle of only extreme heat or extreme cold due to the failing marriage between Hades and [[Persephone]]. Hades and Persephone drift further apart, only causing the seasons to further break into a cycle of only summer or winter with no spring or fall. Persephone leaves Hades to spend some time alone, leaving Hades depressed. In his misery, Hades centralizes his corporation - "Hadestown" - and cuts back the rights of his workers. The Hadestown company turns their focus to the construction of [[railroads]], however the labor is hard and grueling. Orpheus becomes obsessed with his work, leaving Eurydice to feel alone and depressed. Eurydice decides to leave Orpheus and signs her life away to become a railroad worker at Hadestown. Orpheus asks Hermes where Eurydice went, and Hermes explains what happened. Orpheus, saddened, sets off along the railroad lines to travel to Hadestown and get his lover back. Hades continues to increase the grueling manual labor his workers have to do, forcing them to build a wall surrounding Hadestown.<ref name=":0" />