bred this sign‚ this violent prodigy so she dies by violence. I turn serpent‚ I kill her. So the vision says.’” (LB 530-537) Thus Orestes interprets the prophecy as him killing his mother as revenge for his father’s death. Cassandra had foreseen this in Agamemnon‚ and it has come true in The Libation Bearers‚ as evidenced by Clytaemnestra’s dream and Orestes’ return and subsequent murder of his mother. Again‚ the prophecies from Agamemnon and The Libation Bearers are shown to be integral to
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expose Orestes to their plan for justice. “Ch.…Justice doth cry / In a loud voice claiming her payment: / ’For a murderous blow let a muderous blow / Be struck.’ Let the doer be done by!—so / In a saying of old it is ordered [sic]" (Aeschylus 312). With these words‚ the Chorus states that by ancient order‚ one who does something must be repaid with the same thing‚ and in this case the murderer must be repaid with murder. Though Clytemnestra already knows this to be the Chorus’s desire‚ Orestes only
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~THE MORTAL SKEPTIC~ How Euripides Portrays the Gods in Electra‚ Medea and Hecuba to be Inconsequential General comments: “way” “different” – be less ambiguous; don’t use words like “terrible” when you mean “immoral‚” you can say that things are corrupt in like 500 different ways—use them!!! degrades the character of…. Fraudulent actions…. Irreligious/godless etc Vary your sentence structure‚ easiest way to do this is to use active voice To vary your sentences: instead of “this focuses
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The House of Atreus The Background The House of Atreus‚ a tragic story of many generations passed down‚ is focused around on the royal family of Mycenae which is said to be one of the most important families in literature. This story is created from a curse‚ put on the whole family line. When It First Begins Tantalus‚ the son of Zeus had a foolish idea. He wanted to prove that he was better than the gods‚ so he cut up his son Pelops and fed him to the gods thinking that
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Oresteia‚ Aeschylus shows that it is personal responsibility and rationality rather than Fate that determines a person’s experience. This is shown at many various times‚ like when the Furies decide to change from their role as Furies to the Eumenides‚ Orestes‚ also does not kill Clytaemnestra simply because he is predetermined to‚ but does it for personal important specific reasons‚ such as avenging the death of his own father. The cycle of revenge that is present throughout the entire play is also put
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Iakovos Kambanellis This is an interview with Greek directorConstantinos Passalis- by Reza Shirmarz based on translating Iakovos Kambanellis into Persian - :نوشتۀ پشت جلد این کتاب عبارت است ازlanguage. Constantinos Passalis was born in Marmari of Evia‚ Greece. At a very young age his family moved to Athens where after finishing his secondary education‚ he studied law. The Arts won him over however and he went on to study theatre at the Michaelides School of Drama. He then came to London
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interpretations of topics are correct by creating a definite end. They have leaned toward the opinion that Orestes and Electra were justified in their actions‚ although Euripides was not as one sided since he allowed Clytemnestra to explain her actions and had Orestes question the idea of matricide and consider the possible consequences. Based on how The Eumenides and Orestes end‚ with Electra and especially Orestes escaping punishment‚ it can be concluded that the audience is supposed to accept this end and
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EXAMINE THE SCARLET LETTER AS AN OPEN-ENDED NOVEL Hawthorne wrote during the Romantic Period in American literature which lasted from 1830 to 1865. Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ Herman Melville‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and Walt Whitman were his literary contemporaries. The Scarlet Letter is considered a piece of American Romantic literature because it is set in a remote past‚ the Puritan era 200 years prior to Hawthorne’s time‚ and because it deals with the interior
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fighting against its poor journalistic decisions. He was determined to air the interview with Jeffery ‚ but CBS( the news channel) was threatened by Brownson &Williamson of prosecution for what they referred as” tortuous interference” .Because of this threat CBS decide to air an edited version of the interview to avoid any face off with Brownson & Williams. This act of the channel shattered Lowell’s trust in his organization as he had a strong faith in ethical and moral standing of CBS corporation
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representative system of justice reflected in the play and the prevalent democratic attitudes of 5th century Greek society. The goddess Athena is instrumental in drawing these parallels‚ as it is she who establishes the unbiased court system in which Orestes is tried. However‚ Aeschylus also shows the necessity of divine intervention in the resolution of the plot‚ which is an apparent contradiction of Athena’s legal system. Although this evaluation is valid‚ a more emblematic reading of the text reveals
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