Clytemnestra’s guilt or innocence is questioned. She does many things that people are not too happy with and those controversial actions throughout the story‚ mainly in the first part Agamemnon get her into the trouble. As we explore the case that builds against her innocence by exploring the killings of Agamemnon and Cassandra and boastful expression about the killings. This action causes a great deal of range in Clytemnestra. One should very well understand why she would act this way.
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Clytemnestra Deception In The Agamemnon book of the Oresteia trilogy‚ the Chorus in each play represents the people who feel under represented and disrespected by the society’s changing values. They also fear the control of an effective woman in Clytemnestra rather than the leadership of Agamemnon. The Chorus takes direct actions‚ thought to ensure their prominence. Agamemnon‚ the king of Argos‚ returns home from the war at Troy. As his war prize he brings with him the prophetess-maiden Cassandra
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a door mat for Agamemnon‚ nor should he be; Achilles is a great warrior. Book IX truly illustrates what kind of men they both are. Achilles is right to refuse the embassy in Book IX because he keeps his honor as a man and a warrior intact. Agamemnon is a man of terrible character and he does not understand what honor is at all. Sending others to do his dirty work is morally wrong. He has shamefully treated Achilles as if he is a second-class citizen‚ and he always has. Agamemnon barely makes an
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of Clytemnestra guilt or innocents is questioned. She does many things that people are not too happy with and those controversial actions throughout the story‚ mainly in the first part Agamemnon get her into the trouble. As we explore the case that builds against her innocents by exploring the killings of Agamemnon and Cassandra and the boastful expression about the killings. This action causes a great deal of rage in Clytemnestra. One could very well understand why she would act this way. Clytemnestra
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the tragic abyss occurs in the tense transition when Clytaemnesthra kills Agamemnon. Orestes’ father‚ Agamemnon‚ acts as the protagonist in the first part of the Oresteia and when Clytaemnesthra kills him‚ there is turmoil. Just as in the tragic abyss‚ during the moment when Clytaemnesthra kills Agamemnon‚ there seems to be no escape from the problem and the audience is shown the corruption of the world. Since Agamemnon is a noble and pious man‚ the viewers immediately feel the tension within the
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Greek society. In the tragedy of Agamemnon there are several cases where one person was killed as payback for another person that was murdered. For example‚ Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter‚ Iphigenia‚ in order to please the goddess Artemis. When Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ found out about her daughter’s death she was heartbroken and angry. Clytemnestra immediately began plotting her revenge against Agamemnon to make up for her daughter’s death. When Agamemnon returns from the battle of Troy
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retaliating against the Trojan prince Paris who stole the Greek king Menelaus’ wife Helen. Agamemnon the brave and supercilious brother of Menelaus is a prominent Greek leader in the war. Agamemnon demonstrates the theme of honor through his desire for most booty and the finest spoils gained in the war. Hektor is also a brave warrior‚ however; he is a Trojan Prince‚ the son of King Priam. Unlike Agamemnon‚ Hektor’s ambitions are not to seek honor through war plunder‚ but to remain an honorable and
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Reading Assignment #1 Study Questions: The Iliad 1. What is the main conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles in Book 1? a. Achilles and Agamemnon’s conflict is a bit of a long story that is loaded with lots of details. b. Agamemnon took Chryseis‚ Apollos’s priest’s‚ Chryses’s‚ daughter‚ as plunder during a raid on Troy. Agamemnon did not accept Chryses respectful plea for his daughter’s freedom in exchange for a wealthy sum. Chryses then prays to Apollo for vengeance and justice. Apollo responds
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INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------- p 231 A lot more politically themed. Menelaus is accusing Agamemnon of feigning humility in order to gain political power and “market advancement.”He says he’s abandoned his old friends. ;/He is also saying that Agamemnon was marveled at the idea of manning so many ships to TroyThe lack of winds put th efleet at an impasse. Agamemnon felt he’d lose his glory if the fleet would instead have to turn back now. The only way to restore his name was
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What is the strongest case for the claim that Clytemnestra has a legitimate grievance? Agamemnon goes to war‚ for ten years and sacrifices his daughter to gain favorable winds. Clytemnestra is left for ten years to mourn and think about her husband killing her daughter in order to win a war. When we think about punishment‚ we think about people being judged and justice being served. In this case‚ Clytemnestra acts as both the judge and the jury. The party found guilty and justice is an eye for
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