which she calls ’my city’ while her husband Agamemnon is away at Troy‚ and the Chorus of Argive Elders show her ’reverence’. She manages to persuade Agamemnon to ’give way’ and walk on the tapestry she spreads out for him showing she has power over him and in the end her ’strength of heart’ leads to her being able to ’strike’ Agamemnon down and kill him. Cassandra also is shown to be strong‚ but in a different way. The Chorus call her ’much enduring’ and say her ’heart is brave’ showing that Aeschylus
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Even before King David‚ the kings of old must have employed musicians to soothe and heal them during times of stress and illness. The healing power of music has been expressed throughout the centuries‚ from the strumming of ancient harps and flutes‚ to the pure voice sung in chants and folk songs. Music has no bounds when it creates the sounds to heal and mellow the soul. It’s legacy survives every generation through history and is expressed through the hearts and deeper feelings in the people
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Handel‚ Mozart and Chopin are three classical composers from three different periods – baroque‚ classical and romantic. Their works all contain the basic elements of music; structure‚ texture‚ melody and harmony. However the ways these things come across are unique to each composer and era‚ as well as having quite a few similarities. Handel’s Messiah is an oratorio in the form of an Italian opera‚ with recitatives‚ arias and choruses. He gave great importance to the choruses‚ of which ’And the
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addressing the audience‚ in particular the Chorus‚ for the first time and also more importantly‚ justifying his proclamation of the two adversely different treatments to both brothers of royal Greek blood. His character is reflected in his speech‚ colliding with that of Antigone. Also‚ with the use of dramatic irony and structuring‚ his speech creates an atmosphere of tension. In general‚ Creon utilizes rhetoric techniques to persuade his audience‚ the Chorus. In his speech‚ Creon employs the use of
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characters‚ that have preceded the play. There are mixes of passive and fearsome characters in the Agamemnon. Clytemnestra and Aegisthus are an example of fearsome characters‚ when she kills Agamemnon and Cassandra‚ and he threatens the chorus near the end of the play. The chorus are relatively passive throughout the play until aggressive actions towards Aegisthus at the end. The first idea of fear that does appear in the play is with the prologue of the play with the watchman; “Whenever I find myself shifting
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Scales Blue Notes Blues Scale Musical Examples Major Blues Scale Minor Blues Scale Combinations of Major and Minor Blues Scales Generalization Examples Applied V. DIATONIC HARMONY 95 96 98 99 100 104 106 Diatonic Harmony: Major Inversions Functional Harmony Determining the Key Chord Identification Practice Diatonic Harmony: Minor Determining the Key Chord Identification Practice Solved VI. HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS 108 109 110 112 114 121 122 126 127 129 132 Common Root Movement Common Progressions
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Agamemnon’s return. Beacons are set up from Troy to Argos; when one beacon is lit‚ the next one will be lit‚ until the last. The play starts when a palace watchman discovers the beacon and tells Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytemnestra‚ the good news. The chorus enters relating the story of Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus. When Menelaus’ wife‚ Helen‚ ran away to Troy with Paris‚ the prince of Troy‚ Menelaus gathered an army‚ led by Agamemnon‚ to attack Troy and retrieve Helen. Most important about the
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Messenger Jocasta‚ wife of Oedipus Chorus of Priests and Suppliants Note that last one‚ the chorus. In a Greek play‚ the chorus is made up of a group of actors who recite dialogue and sing songs. The chorus can be outside the plot‚ or it can help move the plot along. Depending on whom you ask‚ the chorus represents the playwright‚ the social conscience of the community in which the play is set‚ the audience‚ or all three. As you read‚ pay attention to what the chorus says: What is Sophocles trying to
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extreme response correlates to the stereotype of a Barbarian woman. Euripides effectively uses the chorus to help create and build empathy for Medea by sympathising with her and being biased towards her by taking her side. The chorus in Classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play and helped you build affinity for the characters. The chorus helps you feel for Medea and makes her the victim to certain conflicts in the play. An example of this
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here in both aspects. The action of pouring wine into the bowl signifies the ejaculation of sperm into the womb and contrasts with the sterility of the oath. Their oath promises them to not enjoy intercourse. The burning torches brought by the men’s chorus are an ironic symbol of the passions raging in men’s loins. Their attempt to batter through the gate is nothing else than a sexual penetration‚ and foreshadows the attempts of Cinesias later in the play. Within Lysistrata‚ the pouring of water on
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