circumstance can be found on page 251‚ when Athena is defeated by the crisis of Orestes case and calls upon ten citizens to be judges. This seems out of place because Gods do not require help from mortals‚ rather mortals seeking guidance from the Gods. The case itself appears corrupt from the start due to the fact that an even number of judges are appointed. Athena then announces before the ruling that in the event of a tie‚ Orestes wins. This paper will seek to reveal why an immortal God would appoint
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Orestes says “He said to kill the way they killed‚ and claim my birthright like a savage bull‚ or pay the penalty myself with a life gripped by evil‚ and full of pain.” (Orestes‚ The Libation Bearers‚ 274-277). And to add to that‚ Orestes does not take any pride for his deed in killing his mother. If he could choose‚ he probably would not kill his mother for what she did. Orestes tells the chorus of eastern slave women “I grieve for our family
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ideas. The Flies relates the story of Orestes‚ son of King Agamemnon‚ who returns to his native city fifteen years after Aegistheus murdered his father. In the play‚ Orestes meets his sister Electra‚ who has waited for his arrival in order to avenge their father’s death. Eventually‚ Orestes kills King Aegistheus and his own mother‚ Queen Clytemnestra. Therefore‚ he and his sister see themselves confronted with the Furies‚ the goddesses of remorse. Only Orestes is capable of resisting their influence
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The Ancient Law of an ‘eye for an eye’ dictates the behavior of all the characters‚ and creates an endless cycle of revenge. This chain of events rooted in revenge destroys this family one by one‚ until eventually only Orestes is left. Eventually grace is given‚ and the cycle ends‚ thanks to justice and forgiveness. The audience’s values are shaped towards grace and forgiveness after reading the destruction that happens from revenge. The only option left after hearing the
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Oresteia Morality Essay In Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Libation Bearers he uses morally ambiguous characters such as Orestes and Clytaemnestra to challenge the reader to ponder the fine or nonexistent line between right and wrong. Both Orestes and Clytaemnestra have done things to hint at them being solely evil or good‚ however many of their character traits and less significant actions lead to the reader being incapable of categorizing them as simply good or bad. By making these characters morally
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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 chorus. Due to a
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justify violence‚ they both differ in two aspects. One takes away the power of the protagonists to choose and the other allows the protagonists to make their own decisions. The house curse influences Clytaemnestra to kill Agamemnon and Apollo commands Orestes to kill Clytaemnestra‚ his mother. In the other hand‚ the gods give Turnus and Aeneas the choice to kill or not to kill. The other aspect is‚ Virgil’s deaths and violent acts are between family‚ while Aeschylus’ acts of violence are between strangers
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Health Campaign Melanie Johnson HCS 535 June 3‚ 2013 Beth Hale Health Campaign Health objectives and campaigns are designed to set the foundation for addressing health care issues prevalent across the nation. Diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people. Due to the complications that can often go along with diabetes‚ public health policies are implemented to clarify issues that will improve the health of individuals. As presented in the health campaign part one‚ there are numerous
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discovers that the Earth does indeed revolve around the sun in an elliptic orbit. She declares this hypothesis during a conversation with Orestes about astronomy. She is feeling down on herself because she feels as though all her work has led her to nothing‚ when suddenly she has an epiphany that the Earth’s orbit may in fact be elliptical rather than circular. Orestes smiles as Hypatia becomes overwhelmed with excitement‚ and says she must start rethinking everything she had previously worked on. This
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Shakespeare’s tragic hero Hamlet and Aeschylus’s Orestes have a great deal in common. Both the plays are set in a time when the society is going through transition. In Orestia gods are changing. Furies turn into Eumenides or the Pacified Ones. Social and political norms are changing. The old laws of revenge and retribution have to be re-established. Similarly Hamlet’s philosophical ideals no longer hold. Earl Showerman observes: “Hamlet and Orestes are perhaps even greater as tragic heroes because
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