Who Is To Blame For Clytemnestra's Death

that they possess. That element itself puts Clytemnestra in a light that makes her look mystical or unreal. Though she also has no hesitations about playing a submissive and feminine role, there is an underlying agenda to accomplish her goals. Clytemnestra’s well-developed plan makes it intriguing to examine and explore her masculinity driven ways and will lead into the explanation of her desires and motives. In the first few lines of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra is described by the watchman as “a woman

Aeschylus Writing Assignment “The Oresteia” written by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, who showed three events of the play Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. The three plays were performed at the annual Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BCE. The play highlighted different types of themes but the most important one is the theme of justice and injustice. Both themes were seen in different parts of the play where even the gods played a role in determining the justice and

awaits him. This, in turn, can be connected to Cassandra’s vision that symbolizes Clytemnestra as the net. “Now the net [Clytemnestra] - the fish-eye terror [Agamemnon]. Death is bundling him up, like a mother swaddling a child” (55). If the consensus is that Clytemnestra did this deed solely for the purpose of avenging her daughter's death, ignoring Aegisthus involvement for the moment, then I could not have said it better myself. By understanding Clytemnestra is the net in Cassandra’s vision, and the

Tragic Plot,” Aristotle dives into how a plot should be structured (page 20, Poetics). Aristotle believes a simplistic plot structure using common households is best (page 20, Poetics). He uses Euripides as an example of what to do, stating that those who criticize his work for using already established characters are making a mistake. Euripides utilizes the audience’s background knowledge of his characters to his advantage. He is able to embellish his plays by alluding to references already known to

brother, Polyneices. When her brother’s corpse is left to rot without a proper burial, Antigone takes it upon herself to bury her brother against the threat of death penalty administered by Creon who had assumed the throne of her land. Antigone is the paradigm of piety by showing unwavering loyalty to her brother even in the face of death. “I shall never be found his traitor” (Sophocles 22). The word “traitor” implies that Antigone sees inaction as a betrayal to her brother. She feels obligated to

downtrodden individuals because of the scorned love they had experienced. Love was the main factor in all of these plays. In addition, Euripides presented how women were influenced by their emotions. Euripides’s Medea characterized a woman, Medea, who was driven by her anger at Jason’s betrayal to perform atrocious acts. She was grief-stricken because Jason treated her like a harlot and broke her heart. She was stricken by the sinful desire of revenge that she was even willing to murder her own children

Western Civilization Student’s name Professor’s name Course Title Date submitted When Poets Ruled the World from Hesiod, Archilochus, Pindar, and Solon 1. Is Hesiod’s view of the gods different or similar to Homer’s? There are big differences between two ancient representatives of the Greek literature. If Homer is a legendary figure from the beginning to the end, Hesiod is real. Respect for the gods, love and respect for parents, homeland defense are the commandments of the Greeks, as

develop a pattern throughout his hosue. Euripides provides the prologue for Agamemnon’s death in The Oresteia with Iphigenia in Aulis. After much wavering, Agamemnon elects to sacrifice his daughter for the sake of the Grecian army. Iphigenia dutifully accepts her demise and attenuates her father’s decision. She has little choice but to face her death full heartedly. With neither hope of being spared nor fear of death, she takes credit as becoming the savior of Greece. Agamemnon and Iphigenia are given

No blame is placed upon him by the people and they believe he "slipped his neck in the strap of fate" 217, only after which did his spirit become "black, impure, unholy" 218. The people of Mycenae, typically represented by the elders, and thus the Chorus have absolved him of blame in their minds. All their words about the leader are nothing but in praise of their king. They are nearly "faint

protectors of divine justice who reject subservience and thereby transcend the sexism of their society. The women in Agamemnon are as powerful as men but slaves to the divine. Clytemnestra’s early sacrifices parallel her vengeful slaughter of Agamemnon. After Clytemnestra makes sacrifices in celebration of Greece’s victory, the chorus cries, “hope glows through your victims” (Agamemnon, 658). They reference both hope for Greece 's victory and hope for avenging Iphigenia 's death. Sacrifices of thanksgiving