Aeschylus’ Agamemnon create only fear and no pity in each other and in the audience.’ How far do you agree with this statement? I agree with this statement to a certain extent‚ however‚ I think it does not represent the whole of the Agamemnon. I think that what invokes pity‚ are events‚ rather than 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
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The curse against the house and against man is represented differently in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon‚ Agamemnon’s ancestors did horrible acts on others that incurred the wrath of a curse upon their house. While in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus was sort of thrown into a tragic event that had nothing to do with him. The curse against both men is represented in varying ways. Starting with Agamemnon‚ the curse on his house starts even before the play begins with a curse thrust upon the house of Atreus who
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the audience the idea that the confident and clever manipulation of words can play a pivotal role in influencing others’ decisions. Clytaemestra first employs her art of deception as she convinces Agamemnon‚ her husband‚ to traipse on the holy tapestries that are meant only for the gods. Although Agamemnon retains the dominant masculine role in their relationship‚ Clytaemestra’s subterfuge of words connotes that she truly possesses the power in their marriage. After her husband initially refuses her
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Sample Project 1 Reflection Memorization and Reflection for Keats’s Lamia For this exam‚ I decided to memorize the description of Lamia’s snake-woman appearance to force myself into a very careful close reading that would help me with the term paper for this class. This passage is the first visual impression the reader gets of Lamia‚ and Keats depicts her as a creature whose appearance overflows with striking sensual detail that ultimately cannot be sufficiently described in language. I
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Kyle Mootry Charles DeShong American Lit. II 4/24/2013 T.S. Eliot is thoroughly viewed as one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century‚ and one of the most important writers of the modernist era. He hated traditional realism by responding against Romantic poetry. His collection of work was extremely experimental and he repeatedly deals with the views of symbolism and imagism in his poetry. America in the early part of the twentieth century was changing quickly and becoming more
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that Menelaus was oppressive and Paris was a good looking prince‚ while the other idea that Strauss explores is that Anatolian women had more power than Greek women. Paris probably thought that the Greeks would not attempt to bring Helen back‚ but agamemnon was able to convince them of this risky war in order to profit from the wealth that Troy contained‚ “Helen was not the cause of the war but merely the occasion of the war. By seducing a Greek princess‚ Troy had interfered in the politics of the Greek
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isolated in their own districts. Throughout history‚ people have dyed their textiles using common‚ locally available materials‚ but scarce dyestuffs that produced brilliant and permanent colors such as the natural invertebrate dyes Tyrian purple and crimson kermes became highly prized luxury items in the ancient and medieval world. Plant-based dyes such as woad‚ indigo‚ saffron‚ and madder were raised commercially and were important trade goods in the economies of Asia and Europe. Across Asia and Africa
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(London: Methuen). Knox‚ B. (1982) Introductory essay in Robert Fagles’ translation of Oedipus The King (Harmondsworth: Penguin). Lesky‚ A. (1965) Greek Tragedy‚ tr. H. A. Fanfort (London: Barnes & Noble). Lloyd-Jones‚ H. (1962) ‘The Guilt of Agamemnon’‚ Classical Quarterly‚ 12: 187–99. March‚ J. (2001) Sophocles Electra (Warminster: Aris & Phillips). McDonald‚ M. (2003) The Living Art of Greek Tragedy (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press). Murray‚ G. (1940) Aeschylus The
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of the above. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 2. The Song of Roland was inspired by A) the Vikings and ships at sea. B) wars fought by Greek soldiers. C) the Book of Kells and tapestries. D) wars fought by Christian soldiers. E) None of the above. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 0.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): D 3. Chaucer wrote ________ in the ________ century. A) Africa‚ fourteenth B) Book
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Imagine a superhero‚ such as Spiderman. Everyday‚ Spiderman has a different foe he fights against. In Greek mythology‚ this process works the same way. The gods and goddesses of Greek mythology had many foes‚ usually being monsters. The monsters in Greek mythology were known to destroy people‚ damage different cities‚ or cause all kinds of havoc. The Gorgons‚ Lamia‚ and Hydra‚ are few of many monsters that were menaces to society. The Gorgons were possibly the most well-known of the Greek
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