Did Agamemnon Deserve His Fate? In asking this question we must remember to look at both sides of the ’coin’. On one hand we have Agamemnon’s uncompromising position and his good qualities‚ and on the other‚ we have Clytemnestra and her reasons for killing her husband. We shall start with Agamemnon. The first time we hear of Agamemnon is from the Watchman in the opening scene. He speaks of the feeling of longing he has to take his master’s hand in his. The Chorus are ready to criticize the
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Introduction Since 2008‚ the activity about ‘red song chorus’ has started in Chongqing city‚ under the municipal party secretary Bo Xilai’s appeal to ‘Sing revolutionary songs‚ Read classic books‚ Tell stories and Spread mottos’ (CQNEWS‚ 2010).Red songs encompass six aspects: the goodness of the Chinese Communist Party‚ the goodness of the Motherland‚ the goodness of socialism‚ the goodness of economic reform and opening‚ and the goodness of the People’s Army‚ which essentially embracing the entire
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Although Hamlet and Agamemnon both follow Aristotle’s definition of tragedy‚ I believe Hamlet is a more tragic play. Many more innocent lives were taken in Hamlet than Agamemnon. Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ Ophelia‚ Polonius and Laertes were all killed due to Claudius’ deceptive and cheating ways. In Agamemnon‚ Cassandra and Iphigenia were the only innocent lives taken‚ both caused by Agamemnon’s lack of morals. The sheer number of deaths in Hamlet that were caused by unjust means and intentions brings
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for their misfortunes? The arguement and reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon perfectly illustrate this delimma through their speeches of supposed forgiveness and understanding. The reconciliation begins with the death of Achilles close friend‚ Patroclus. This flies Achilles into another rage and he is ready for vengeance against the Trojan army. This means that he must make amends with Agamemnon. He states‚ “Agamemnon‚ was it better for both us‚ after all‚ for you and me to rage at each other…
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ANCIENT ART 200 Was the Mask Of Agamemnon Edited by Schliemann and his Workers? 5/14/2011 Sandra.Baah | Schliemann was a German archeologist who excavated the shaft graves of Mycenae. He found a mask which has been claimed to be the mask of Agamemnon. This has brought up endless debates about the authenticity of the mask. The mask is said to be one of Schliemann’s forgeries. Some scholars claim the mask is too new or does not have any qualities that prove that it is Mycenaean. It is difficult to
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The House of Atreus is one of the finest examples of uncontrollable fate in all of ancient literature. The lineage of Atreus is steeped in the spilling of family blood starting with Tantalus and continuing with Agamemnon. However it is Atreus who is responsible for the curse on the family‚ since he was the one who tricked Thyestes into eating his children. It was this one event that caused the continuation of family bloodshed and forced family members of the House of Atreus to fulfill their obligatory
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chose to focus on the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon‚ rather than on a more obvious highlight of the Trojan War legend (i.e.‚ the Sack of Troy)? - In my perspective‚ Homer chose to focus on the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon‚ rather than on a more obvious highlights of the Trojan War legend because it is due to their argument that eventually led to the Trojan War. If it hadn’t been for the insults and the things‚ that Agamemnon did to Achilles‚ maybe there might have not been the
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Antigone: Changing Views of The Chorus The chorus‚ a group of common people who follow the actions of the play Antigone‚ waver in their support of either Antigone or Creon‚ depending on their actions during a particular part of the story-line. Early in the play it is evident that they are extremely pro-Creon‚ but a short time later they seem to sway into the direction of Antigone and support her actions. This incongruency about the them‚ however‚ was an extremely interesting feature of this
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unjustified for Clytaemnestra to murder Agamemnon on the basis of revenge for their daughter Iphigenia because of how long it had been‚ the fact that it was done for the greater good and because of Clytaemnestras’ infidelity to Agamemnon. This is summed up elegantly by the chorus of old men when they say to Clytaemnestra‚ “…And You‚ innocent of his murder? And who could swear to that? and how?...” (A‚ 1534-35). One reads very early on in the book of Agamemnon that “Ten years gone‚ ten to the day our
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There are two ways I can see to approach this question. The first the opinion of the chorus about the specific character of Creon and the second is the more general observation that the chorus makes concerning the abstract "man" at the start of the play. Both are simple enough to answer‚ but I will begin with the general. First‚ I should note that Creon is an excellent representation of a symbolic man. He holds power‚ acts with distinct awareness of his masculinity‚ and is otherwise free. While
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