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    Oresteia Symbolism

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    And that the past of lots of blood of the House of Atreus will still take full effect the next generations after generations. We learned that on going throughout the play there was going to be no stop violence because of the past. No matter how much blood was use to paid there’s still going to be violence

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    Rhetoric Analysis of Iliad

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    Thrace- the north and the northwest- spring up of a sudden and rouse the fury of the main- in a moment the dark waves uprear their heads and scatter their sea-wrack in all directions- even thus troubled were the hearts of the Achaeans. The son of Atreus in dismay bade the heralds call the people to a council man by man‚ but not to cry the matter aloud; he made haste also himself to call them‚ and they sat sorry at heart in their assembly. Agamemnon shed tears as it were a running stream or cataract

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    Aeschylus The Oresteia

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    “The Oresteia” is a brilliant piece of work written by Aeschylus which has three incredible plays. The main focus of “The Oresteia” is about the termination of the spell cast by the House of Atreus. It all began with the king‚ “Agamemnon” killing his own fleshing blood‚ Iphigenia. Because Agamemnon killed Iphigenia‚ Clytemnestra who was the mother of Iphigenia and the wife of Agamemnon grew quite heated and at the moment wanted to take her husband’s life. In addition to that‚ Agamemnon cheated on

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    Libation Bearers. And lastly the change from cyclic bloodshed to peace and justice will be discussed through the last play the Furies. C. Body of Paper In the first play Agamemnon‚ we get the first glimpse of the oncoming fate in the house of Atreus. The sacrificial death of Iphigenia mentioned in Agamemnon 875 was the first spark that caused this cycle of bloodshed to begin and led to the death of the king. The following passage is the words of the chorus following the unfortunate murder of

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    Purloined Letter

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    Edgar Allan Poe’s The Purloined Letter is widely considered the greatest of his three detective short stories. The story revolves around C. Auguste Dupin‚ a detective who also appears in Poe’s other two detective works The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Mystery of Marie Rogêt‚ and the Paris police as they try to solve the mystery of a missing letter. The letter contains important information about a political figure in a high position that could potentially this person‚ which causes serious concern

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    Agamemnon

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    Agamemnon is the first book in the Orenstein Trilogy written by the famous Greek tragedy writer‚ Aeschylus. Agamemnon is a story of justice and revenge. The story takes place in a city called Argos. It starts with a watchman tired of waiting for Agamemnon‚ the king of Argos who is away at the Trojan War. The city is eagerly awaiting the news of their king’s welfare and the outcome of the war. Watchmen are posted in the city‚ watching for the beacon that would report the capture of Troy and Agamemnon’s

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    Mycenean Artefacts

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    Mycenaean artefacts Lions Head Rhyton The Lions Head Rhyton is a gold lion head made of hammered sheet metal in the shape of a lions head. Lions Head Rhyton was found in Grave IV‚ Grave Circle A Mycenae and dates to the 16th century BC. The lions head is beautifully crafted with ears‚ eyes down to the very last detail and is a very good replica of a lion’s head. It bears distinctive details such as the muzzle and mane. Historians believe that the lion represents an expression of natural strength

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    6) A. Clytemnestra / Vengeful B. “She proclaimed…’Here likes my husband dead‚ struck down justly by my hand‚’...It was his blood that stained her dress and face and she was glad.” (Hamilton 356) C. Ten years had passed since the start of the Trojan war‚ but Agamemnon’s murder of his daughter had not been forgotten. Ever since the fateful day when the king of Mycenae had his own child slain to appease Artemis‚ his wife had waited to take her vengeance. She had taken a lover and all the people of the

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    Orestes an Innocent Hero

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    Oresteia‚” we come across a similar situation. When his jealous wife Clytaemnestra and his cousin Aegisthus kill Agamemnon‚ the king of Argos‚ it is up to his long lost son Orestes‚ to avenge his death. To the people of Argos and the house of Atreus‚ Orestes was an innocent hero in yet another chess game played by the gods. Deep into the first story of “The Oresteia‚” better known as “Agamemnon‚” Cassandra‚ who has been cursed by Apollo to be a seer who will never

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    And the Aigisthos and Clytemnestra are examples of the evolution of the domed tholos tombs. There are nine Tholos which is outside the walls of Mycenae. The tholos at Delphi is formed within‚ build at 380 BC. The Treasury of Atreus is the largest and the best preserved Tholos tomb till now it consists of circular chamber with a corbeled dome and it’s also called beehive tomb‚ the entrance of the Tholos is three lintel blocks with a long doorway with a width 1.95m‚ and depth

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