In Aeschylus’ tragedies The Persians and Agamemnon‚ the interactions between messengers sent forward by the army and the queens ruling the land in their king’s absence play a vital role in the plot structure of the ’return of the king’. The ’return of the king’ revolves around a chorus‚ anxiously hypothesizing about what could have possibly happened to their king‚ a queen awaiting her son or husband’s return‚ a messenger announcing both the king’s arrival and the outcome of the king’s conquests
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Reagan Brown Mrs. Blair Honors English II 10 December 2012 Selflessness Edmund Burke writes‚ “He well knows what snares are spread about his path‚ from personal animosity… and possibly from popular delusion. But he has put to hazard his ease‚ his security‚ his interest‚ his power‚ even… popularity… He is traduced and abused for his supposed motives. He will remember that obloquy is a necessary ingredient in the composition of all true glory: he will remember… that calumny and abuse are essential
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Angel Allen Professor Mosley English 1102 30 September 2014 The Mask of Agamemnon The Mask of Agamemnon is probably one of the most beautiful masks crafted in gold ever discovered. It was founded by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 (Abramitis). Schliemann was an archaeologist who did an excavation of Mycenae and discovered the mask. It is believed that the mask was from the Bronze Age in Greece (Abramitis). The Mask of Agamemnon was not the only gold mask found. In fact‚ it was one of many masks that
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pertain to the Hebrew Bible. The History in the Bible relates to the narrative that describe the stories in the bible relating to the history of ancient Palestine. The History behind the Bible describes actual biblical events that took place in Bible times. The History of the Bible describe the actual books that comprise the Bible and when they were included in the biblical canon. There is much debate among scholars as to whether the biblical narrative of the Hebrew Bible depicts actual events
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play than Agamemnon. As the audience‚ I felt more inclined to sympathize with Hamlet due to his many sad soliloquies and series of events leading to his downfalls. This is because there was far more to learn about the specific defeats of Hamlet‚ there were far more disturbance and unrest following the events after his father died‚ and I felt more pity for the main character in Hamlet as opposed to Agamemnon. The events surrounding Hamlet’s life are far more explored than those in Agamemnon. Though
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In The Agamemnon women are portrayed as strong and powerful. Clytaemestra rules Argos 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
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In Aeschylus’ tragedies The Persians and Agamemnon‚ the interactions between messengers sent forward by their army and the queens ruling the land in their king’s absence play a pivotal role in the plot structure of the ’return of the king’. The ’return of the king’ revolves around a chorus‚ anxiously hypothesizing about what could have possibly happened to their king‚ a queen awaiting her son or husband’s return‚ a messenger announcing both the king’s arrival and the outcome of the king’s conquests
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Stories like Odyssey‚ Agamemnon‚ and Lysistrata provides its audience the epic rich traditions and colorful histories. The Odyssey is an epic story with a faithful enduring love. Unlike other characters‚ Odysseus and his wife Penelope have a very happy ending. Homer the narrator of the story makes it very clear that Odysseus and Penelope relate with each other as equal. (QUOTE) as in seen by the following quotes” In my adaption of the story‚ my main point is to deliver the unique plot to the main
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With the development of modern technology‚ computers spread to almost every home ‚ the Earth people are currently playing computer games. According to statistics ‚ of which China has about five hundred million Internet users ‚ many of us fell in love with a boy student and therefore one of the network computer games. On this point‚ I’ll talk about pros and cons of playing computer games . First‚ let me say something about the benefits of playing computer games have those . Computer games can make
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The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word‚ and the Word was with God‚ and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life‚ and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness‚ and the darkness has not overcome [a] it. 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light‚ so that through
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