Character Analysis of Clytaemnestra In Agamemnon‚ the first of three plays from the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytaemnestra‚ is portrayed as a strong willed woman. Her strength is evident in various occasions in the play. This characteristic was not typical for women of the time period. This strong women walked the fine line between the roles of a women and man‚ a lover and fighter‚ and a subject and ruler. It is apparent that Clytaemnestra has both feminine‚ and masculine
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unfold the devastating events in the Iliad. Initially the book starts showing people in a normal state of life‚ but the main story of Homer’s Iliad‚ however‚ starts once there is the ignition of wrath among prominent characters of the story like Agamemnon and Achilles. In the normal state‚ people are capable of behaving rationally‚ using experience and wisdom to guide their action. However‚ during the main action of the Iliad‚ the wrath of Achilles and that of other dominant characters creates an
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In almost all instances of war the cause has been related to greed‚ or the gaining of land and possessions. Greed is presented in the very first book of Homer’s “The Iliad.” It isn’t displayed by the cowards‚ but the “heroes” of the war such as Agamemnon‚ Achilles‚ and Pandarus. The entire cause of the Trojan War is the result of the greedy and cowardly behavior of Paris. There are many factors that had sparked the war‚ including the interference of the gods; however‚ the main factor to be blamed
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flow of the story to make it more beautiful and appropriate for their theme. After viewing the movie‚ there are lot of differences between the book Iliad and the movie Helen of Troy. Like in the movie‚ Achilles is one of the faithful followers of Agamemnon but in the book‚ Achilles disgusts him and didn’t participate in the war until Patroclus was killed by Hector. Also in the movie‚ Hector didn’t seem to participate in the battle but in the book‚ he is the one who leads the soldiers of Troy. There
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knowledge. He wrote a trilogy of plays that were interconnected addressing immortality‚ family strife‚ human relationships with gods and vengeance. The plays in the trilogy are Agamemnon‚ The Libation Bearers‚ and Eumenides‚ the first two have the theme of blood vengeance running through them. This is played out beginning with Agamemnon being forced to kill one of his children‚ one life in return for many. He is later murdered for killing his child by his wife. This is a perfect illustration of how you
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Agamemnon When Agamemnon first comes‚ he is talking about long time being away from home and final come back. He says he is just a mortal man. He does not want that people honor him for victory- but God. He is just human and God the one who has to be praised and honored. After discussion with Clytemnestra Agamemnon changes. He becomes unreasonable and arrogant. He changes his mind. We can see that he gets influence of other people very easy. Agamemnon feels that he is the one who deserves to be honored
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justifiable reason to have kicked Agamemnon to the curb. Not only does Agamemnon kill her daughter just so he can go to war –talk about daddy problems-‚ but they begin much before that when Agamemnon kills her first husband and son and then takes her as property from the man he just defeated. Also Clytemnestra has been cursed since birth to be an adulterer which is a small part of the reason she decides to take Aegisthus as a lover; to finish everything off Agamemnon is gone for ten years in troy and
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During Greek Rule hundreds of years ago women were put to a standard and expected to maintain it through everything that they do. When any woman did anything out of the norm then they were most likely ridiculed for what they had done. In his play‚ Oresteia‚ Aeschylus highlights the implications of gender roles in Greek society with the foiling of Clytemnestra by Electra to illustrate the Greek ideals and views of woman in contrast to their men‚ the juxtaposition of Orestes and Clytemnestra as equal
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1) HELEN OF TROY (Greek myth) A long time ago‚ in the age of heroes‚ when gods and goddesses still took a close interest in human affairs‚ a great wedding was planned between a famous warrior called Peleus and a lovely sea nymph whose name was Thetis. All the kings and queens of the day were invited to the wedding feast‚ as well as all the immortal ones who lived on Mount Olympus – all‚ that is‚ except for one. For no invitation was sent to Eris‚ the goddess of strife. Now strife is when
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Oresteia Morality Essay In Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Libation Bearers he uses morally ambiguous characters such as Orestes and Clytaemnestra to challenge the reader to ponder the fine or nonexistent line between right and wrong. Both Orestes and Clytaemnestra have done things to hint at them being solely evil or good‚ however many of their character traits and less significant actions lead to the reader being incapable of categorizing them as simply good or bad. By making these characters morally
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