The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia Essay
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Alfred Lord Tennyson express in a their own way the story of Iphigenia with loyalty and betrayal woven throughout both the painting and the poem.
As the Greek army was preparing to go to Troy for the Trojan war, when the father of Iphigenia upset the goddess Artemis because he killed a sacred deer. Artemis stopped all wind to halt the ships from sailing, so the ships could not sail to participate and defend their empire in the Trojan war . The only way to get the winds back they had to sacrifice Iphigenia to Artemis. The father lied to his wife and Iphigenia that they were going to get Iphigenia and a god married, but they were actually going to sacrifice Iphigenia in a roofed structure. Once Iphigenia became known about the conflict she willingly sacrificed herself ("Iphigenia." Iphigenia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2017.) . The scene of her being sacrificed was represented in both the painting and poem. Iphigenia …show more content…
Tiepolo illustrates the tragedy of losing someone, but it will save many. Iphigenia is faced with a difficult decision to sacrifice herself to help many soldiers fight in the trojan war and the hopefully winning or the greeks do not get the wind back therefore they cannot sail . The painting shows a girl laying in a roofed columned structure with her father with an audience of many people including the goddess watching her be sacrificed for others benefit. The painting also shows that she is going to a place in the clouds. The place is called the Land Of TauriIn. It shows people on clouds watching and then have to take her up to the goddess. In the painting Iphigenia dies but, in some plays it is shown that Artemis the goddess took Iphigenia place of being sacrificed, and Iphigenia survived. Their was only one witness to the sacrifice and the witness said nothing. If Iphigenia is alive no one knew ("Iphigenia." Iphigenia. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan.
As the Greek army was preparing to go to Troy for the Trojan war, when the father of Iphigenia upset the goddess Artemis because he killed a sacred deer. Artemis stopped all wind to halt the ships from sailing, so the ships could not sail to participate and defend their empire in the Trojan war . The only way to get the winds back they had to sacrifice Iphigenia to Artemis. The father lied to his wife and Iphigenia that they were going to get Iphigenia and a god married, but they were actually going to sacrifice Iphigenia in a roofed structure. Once Iphigenia became known about the conflict she willingly sacrificed herself ("Iphigenia." Iphigenia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2017.) . The scene of her being sacrificed was represented in both the painting and poem. Iphigenia …show more content…
Tiepolo illustrates the tragedy of losing someone, but it will save many. Iphigenia is faced with a difficult decision to sacrifice herself to help many soldiers fight in the trojan war and the hopefully winning or the greeks do not get the wind back therefore they cannot sail . The painting shows a girl laying in a roofed columned structure with her father with an audience of many people including the goddess watching her be sacrificed for others benefit. The painting also shows that she is going to a place in the clouds. The place is called the Land Of TauriIn. It shows people on clouds watching and then have to take her up to the goddess. In the painting Iphigenia dies but, in some plays it is shown that Artemis the goddess took Iphigenia place of being sacrificed, and Iphigenia survived. Their was only one witness to the sacrifice and the witness said nothing. If Iphigenia is alive no one knew ("Iphigenia." Iphigenia. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan.