As I lay Dying and the Odyssey As I lay dying and the Odyssey can both be considered books of epic quests with incredible odds. Faulkner takes the title of As I Lay Dying from a line spoken in the Odyssey by the Greek warrior Agamemnon. Agamemnon tells Odysseus when he travels to the Underworld‚ “As I lay dying‚ that woman with the dog’s eye would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades.” Both books give off extraordinary characters‚ with what some may call outlandish behavior‚ to possibly throw
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Trojan Prince‚ Paris‚ stole Helen. Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter‚ Iphigenia‚ so that the winds would blow the fleet toward Troy. Therefore‚ the second act of revenge is when Clytemnestra‚ the antagonist‚ murders Agamemnon to avenge their daughter’s death. Aegisthus‚ Agamemnon’s cousin and Clytemnestra’s lover‚ helps Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon because he is seeking revenge for Agamemnon’s father killing his brothers and feeding them to his father. Agamemnon’s murder could be seen as justice for the
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Some accounts have his wife‚ Clytemnestra‚ doing the dirty work. Clytemnestra is killed by her own son‚ Orestes‚ some years later. Menelaus goes home with Helen‚ apparently having won. But in the Odyssey‚ he is a shadow of his former self‚ is ridiculed by his subjects‚ and despised by Helen. No respect
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considered inferior to men in The Odyssey and in ancient Greek culture. The Odyssey also shows that one of a woman’s roles is to be loyal to their husband. One example of a woman being looked down upon when she was not loyal to her husband is Clytemnestra. When the suitors’ ghosts go down to the Underworld‚ they encounter Agamemnon‘s ghost who woefully remembers his wife‚ telling the Suitors‚ “what outrage she
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Ancient Greek Marital and Gender Roles *Note: All claims are assumptions based off of textual clues and are not to be understood as fact but to be recognized as potential truths. The roles of men and women in Ancient Greek civilization can never be fully understood since no one alive today existed during their era. That being said‚ analysis of texts written by Ancient Greek authors provides us with insight into how their culture viewed both genders. It is through these texts that scholars
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The “Death and the Maiden” The Death and the Maiden was a common theme during the Renaissance‚ it came from the Dance of Death which is a theme about death and how it’s inescapable and everyone will have to dance it. In many dances of Death already figured a representation of Death with a fine lady or with a beautiful virgin. The image of a young woman was also found in the three ages and Death. However in both cases‚ there was no trace of erotic. But with “Death and the maiden” theme‚ something
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The Big Bad Swan In nature‚ there are many amazing and bizarre acts. Take‚ for example‚ the Preying Mantis. The Preying Mantis is a relatively large insect that performs a most barbaric act: after the docile and exquisite female mates with her aggressive and overpowering male counterpart‚ she eats him. Instinctively‚ the powerful male seeks out his mate and impregnates her‚ fulfilling his mating duties. However‚ the male expends all of his strength in the sexual encounter‚ and the female
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Dramatic Irony – Dramatic irony is one the most crucial elements in an ancient Greek tragedy. It is a format used in many of Aeschylus‚ Euripides‚ and Sophocles plays. Usually the tragedy will begin with a monologue from a character or the chorus telling the audience what will happen. When the events unfold to be true a sense of irony unveils. An awesome example of irony is in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. Cassandra has prophetic powers; however‚ the Chorus does not listen to and understand anything she
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THE ODYSSEY – Notes I. BOOK 1 A. Odysseus Captive‚ Suitors Invade i. All Greek heroes return home‚ except Odysseus ii. Odysseus held captive on island Ogygia by Calypso‚ who loves him iii. Suitors invade palace in Ithica hoping to marry Queen Penelope iv. Prince Telemachus still a young man and powerless to stop suitors B. Athena Helps‚ Penelope Mourns i. With Zeus’s permission‚ Athena travels to Ithica to help Telemachus ii. Athena disguises herself
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some of these characteristics. In terms of Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero‚ Electra is considered as a tragic hero. First‚ she is an individual of noble stature; she is a daughter of Agamemnon‚ King of Mycenae‚ and Clytemnestra‚ which makes her a royalty. Second is‚ he/ she is not perfect‚ hence the tragic flaw or hamartia. Electra’s tragic flaw would be her emotions. She is too emotional; she is overwhelmed by her feelings of revenge to her mother
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