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=== Act II === Persephone returns to Hadestown, albeit very unhappy with the state of things. Orpheus follows the railroad lines to Hadestown and makes his way there, finding Eurydice working with the other workers. The two are briefly reunited, but Hades catches them. Hades orders his workers to attack Orpheus, an order with which they comply. Orpheus is badly beaten and is told by Hades that nothing will ever change in the world, that this system of a [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]] is simply the way things are. Orpheus comes to the realization of how dark the world truly is, and begins to go on his way to leave. But as he leaves, he starts singing to himself about how Hades' rule over the proletariat is unfair. The workers hear him, and they join him. Orpheus organizes with the other workers and they confront Hades, launching a proletarian revolution. Hades demands the workers to step down, but Persephone convinces him to hear them out. Orpheus comes to a deal with Hades, Orpheus has to sing Hades a song of love to prove he is worthy of being reunited with Eurydice. Orpheus sings the song he had spent his days writing, the song meant to put the seasons back together. Hades is broken by the song and left changed. He realizes the wrongs he's committed and surrenders to the workers. Hades restores his love with Persephone, and then agrees to let Orpheus go with Eurydice on the condition that he walks in front and she walks in back. If Orpheus can make it out of Hadestown without turning back to make sure that Eurydice is following him, then they're free to live their love together. Orpheus and Eurydice agree, but Orpheus turns around right at the edge of Hadestown and loses her forever. It's a tragedy for Orpheus, but the workers at Hadestown and Hades himself are left permanately changed.<ref name=":0" />
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