What some scholars have called the two endings of the play

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What some scholars have called the two endings of the play: the first before the entrance of Herakles as the deus ex machina, when Philoctetes' suffering appears to convince Neoptolemus to accompany him (Philoctetes) home (in some respects, the play could have stopped here...), and the second, when Herakles somewhat miraculously appears and convinces Philoctetes and Neoptolemos to go to Troy to defeat the Trojans (this is where the play actually ends).

What works to bring about a resolution in each case and in the play overall? Is it suffering (and thus human compassion; Neoptolemus feels sorry for Philoctetes) or amnesia (Philoctetes has to forget how much he resents the Greeks) or simply the unexpected miracle of a god who can order the humans around (only a miracle can work...)?

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