Divine Myth; “True myths” or “myth proper”. Stories in which the main characters are super natural beings. Generally explain some aspect of the world Example would be Zeus over throwing his father and the related stories; creation of myths and of the ancient greeks Nyx (Night): the abstract concept of night given to a few human characteristics. Union of Nyx and Erebus (Darkness) produced their opposites‚ aether ”Radiance” and herma “day” Legends (Sagas) Latin word is Legenda “something that
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capital. In 1943‚ Charles Dullin produced Sartre’s first play‚ Les Mouches or The Flies‚ at the Théâtre de la Cité. In The Flies‚ Sartre uses the classic Oresteian myth as a vehicle for his existential philosophy. The play revolves around the return of Orestes to his homeland‚ Argos‚ several years after the murder of his father at the hands of his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegistheus. Rejecting the sense of guilt which the murderers
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Agamemnon Agamemnon is the first book in the Orestiean 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 Agamemnon‚ the king of Argos‚ 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 return. Beacons
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Narrative Poem Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story‚ often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metred verse. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long‚ and the story it relates to may be complex. It is usually dramatic‚ with objectives‚ diverse characters‚ and meter. Narrative poems include epics‚ ballads‚ idylls‚ and lays. Some narrative poetry takes the form of a novel in verse. An example of this
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Doubting Thomas Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Greek and Roman Mythology Group 2 Medusa Oedipus (the Sphinx‚ Antigone) Antigone The Trojan War (the fall of Troy‚ Achilles‚ Hector‚ Paris‚ Helen‚ and the Trojan Horse) Midas Bacchus Agamemnon‚ Orestes‚ and Electra (also known in whole as The Oresteia) Leda and the Swan Pandora Odysseus/Ulysses King Arthur Legends Uther and Igraine and the story of Arthur’s birth Arthur‚ Guinevere‚ and Lancelot (their stories and the love triangle) Sir Gawain and "Sir Gawain and the Green
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Religion is a two-way street. While it can save some‚ it is the downfall for others. In terms of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark‚ this is especially true. In this work‚ there also appear to be many subliminal references to sin; more specifically‚ the ten commandments. These examples range from “Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother” to the more obvious “Thou Shall Not Covet or Steal” and “Thou Shalt Not Kill” amongst others. In all‚ Shakespeare’s use of religion within Hamlet‚ shows how
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Amanda Bartolome (Vilma Santos) is a woman trying to track down and understand the true meaning of being a woman in the middle of the complex situation of the country in the 70s under martial law. He was acting as a mother (five children purely male) and wife according to the dictates of society and of his wife‚ Julian (Christopher de Leon). Although traditional‚ existing families Bartolome freedom of expression so their children grow conscious awareness of what happens in society. Therefore joined
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winds. Despite Clytemnestra’s refusals‚ he killed their daughter with no second thoughts. Although‚ in retaliation‚ Clytemnestra cheats on Agamemnon‚ she did not deserve her gory fate. Upon Agamemnon’s return‚ Clytemnestra’s new lover kills him. Orestes‚ Clytemnestra’s son‚ killed both his mother and her lover‚ in retaliation and sorrow. Clytemnestra did not actually participate in the slaughter of her husband‚ but was killed anyway. It has been said that Agamemnon is the most unfortunate character
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his preordained and inevitable errors. Tragedies of the modern times abandon the conventional rhetoric and themes that have long been considered essential for tragedy. Protagonists in modern tragedies not only lack the ‘heroic’ stature like that of Orestes‚ Oedipus‚ Hamlet‚ Lear or Macbeth‚ but effectively minimize and question the scope of the heroic in tragedy. Instead of the grand themes of classical and Renaissance tragedies‚ modern tragedies concentrate on the ordinary‚ commonplace events of modern
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compassion. (‚ accessed on 20.03.2003). In the Odyssey‚ Homer depicts Odysseus as a very brave character: He must be brave in order to be a hero. "You must not cling to your boyhood any longer-it’s time you were a man. Haven’t you heard what glory Prince Orestes won throughout the world when he killed that cunning‚ murderous Aegisthus‚ who’d killed his famous father? And you‚ my friend-how tall and handsome I see you now-be brave‚ you too‚ so men to come will sing your praises down the years." (Fagles‚ Robert
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