Fiorelis Guillen Lit 230‚ Section 6‚13 Professor Majeske November 14‚ 2013 Clytemnestra notices Orestes In 458 BC‚ Agamemnon was murdered by his own wife‚ Clytemnestra. Orestes‚ the son of Agamemnon‚ has come back home from exile to avenge Agamemnon’s death with his friend Pylades. Orestes cuts two locks of hair as an offering to a river in Argos‚ and also to the spirit of his father. After making these offerings‚ Orestes sees his sister Electra coming up to their fathers tomb‚ with the
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Between lines 354 and 355‚ it is noted that Clytemnestra exits the stage and goes into the palace. The herald enters between lines 503 and 504‚ and it is noted that between lines 585 and 586‚ after the herald says "the end has been good" meaning the Greeks sacked the city of Troy‚ Clytemnestra enters the stage from the palace (Ag. 551). Clytemnestra says she already knew about the victory‚ saying she raised her "cry of joy" (Ag. 585)‚ long ago:
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shape the audience’s values in favor of forgiveness and peace by giving the audience associations of destruction and anguish to avoid acting in revenge and instead giving grace and turning the other cheek. Upon Agamemnon’s return from the war‚ Clytemnestra his wife showers him with praise. Only lines later‚ she brutally murders him‚ and feels no guilt about it. She feels so justified in her actions‚ because Agamemnon sacrificed her daughter‚ and to her that was unforgivable (Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon)
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is actually a minor character. It is the women of Agamemnon‚ not the men that have total control over the destiny of the play. The play begins with Helen running off with the Prince of Troy‚ Paris. Helen is Clytemnestra’s half-sister‚ and Clytemnestra is Agamemnon’s wife. Helen is married to Agamemnon’s brother Menelaus. Agamemnon orders his army to go and retrieve Helen for his brother‚ thus beginning the Trojan War. Agamemnon’s army is in an unfavorable position to sail to Troy. Agamemnon
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blood atones for past offenses‚ but rather creates new tragedies that others will in turn wish to avenge. The Chorus exhibits a proclivity for punishment by blood vengeance beginning in “Agamemnon”. During the confrontation between the Chorus and Clytemnestra that follows Agamemnon’s death‚ the Chorus plainly
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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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aside their differences. At this feast Atreus fools Thyestes into eating his two children‚ and because of this act Thyestes curses Atreus and his entire family for eternity. It is this one act that seals the fate of Agamemnon and even his wife Clytemnestra to a terrible death. The story of the Agamemnon focuses around the king of Mycenae Agamemnon as he is set to lead his men in the Trojan War. Before they set sail for Troy Agamemnon’s soldiers kill a pregnant rabbit and do not offer proper thanks
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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 Cassandra‚ and he threatens the chorus near the end of the play. The chorus are relatively passive throughout the play until aggressive actions towards Aegisthus
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you win‚ but if the gods have ordained another outcome‚ then you will learn discretion‚ however old you are.” (Aeschylus 1411-1425) After the murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra‚ Clytemnestra attempts to justify her actions in a response to the accusations of the chorus. The aggressive stance that Clytemnestra takes in the beginning of this passage is clearly a reversal of genders. It shows the strength of her character as well as the duality. Explaining her reason for murdering Agamemnon‚ she
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report the capture of Troy and Agamemnon’s return. Beacons are set up from Troy to Argos; when one beacon is lit‚ the next one will be lit‚ until the last. The play starts when a palace watchman discovers the beacon and tells Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytemnestra‚ the good news. The chorus enters relating the story of Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus. When Menelaus’ wife‚ Helen‚ ran away to Troy with Paris‚ the prince of Troy‚ Menelaus gathered an army‚ led by Agamemnon‚ to attack Troy and retrieve
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