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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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    Violence In The Aeneid

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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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    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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    The life and brutal death of Hypatia of Alexandria has been a topic of debatable discussion since the 4th century C.E. She lived Alexandria‚ Egypt (the center of ancient knowledge) and while it is assumed that she learned the study of mathematics from her father‚ “Theon of Alexandria” it is known that she was the head geometry teacher of the Neo-Platonist school (Belenky‚ 2010). Hypatia is regarded as one of the first women that contributed in many ways to the field of mathematical findings that

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    Exam 2 PART I 1. The early Greek city-state was divided into four social classes and they were: eupatrids‚ agroikoi‚ demiourgoi and the slaves. Eupatrids (“sons of noble fathers”) are citizens with full legal and political rights; free adult men born legitimately of citizen of parents. They had the right to vote‚ be elected into office‚ bear arms‚ and the obligation to serve when at war. Agroikoi are the farmers‚ which had no formal political rights but full legal rights. Demiourgoi are the “public

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    the second play is devoted to Orestes and his preparation to complete his vision of justice. There is‚ however‚ an obvious difference between his conduct and the behavior of his parents. Before going to the palace‚ Orestes asks “what you tell me. Shall she not pay for this dishonor…?” It is extremely important to note that Orestes is constantly questioning himself and even seeking advice as to what he should do from others. Right before he kills Clytaemestra‚ Orestes hesitates and asks his friend

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