The Oresteia trilogy’s first two acts‚ "Agamemnon" and "Choephoroe"‚ work in conjunction to portray the true ramifications of seeking blood vengeance for past offenses. In order to convey this message‚ the plays characterized one "character" that appears in both pieces by having them learn the moral that the trilogy portrays. The Chorus learns and changes for the better during the events of The Oresteia because they no longer believe that blood atones for past offenses‚ but rather creates new tragedies
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Achaean (Greek) army raiding the town of Chryse and taking two women‚ Chrysies and Briseis. Agamemnon claims Chrysies and Achilles claims Briseis. Neither however counted the fact that Chrysies’ father‚ Chryses was a Priest of Apollo. After Chryses offers a huge reward for the return of his daughter and Agamemnon refuses he then prays to Apollo who in return sends a Plague upon the Achaean camp. Agamemnon consults the prophet and learns he must return his prize but in return he demands Briseis. Once
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In Sophocles’ Electra‚ first performed sometime around the end of the fourth century BCE‚ the story begins many years after the murder of Agamemnon‚ at the secret return of the now-fully-grown Orestes; he is already bent on avenging his father’s death‚ even before he finds Electra. Initially‚ Electra is seen to be an intelligent and passionate character‚ she realizes the constraints of action
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faces many challenges in doing so. Achilles wonders if he should go to fight for Agamemnon and he has many challenges that happen because he does. Some literary devices are characterization‚ setting‚ conflict‚ detail. When Odysseus got stopped by Circe and was turned into a pig and was trapped for a year. Odysseus got trapped by the Cyclops‚ but did not give up and succeed in escaping. Achilles has to fight against Agamemnon when he tries to kill Briseis. Odysseus gets stopped by the sun god and all of
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The Iliad verses Troy I n the movie it’s stated that Agamemnon brought the kings together for this war‚ which really isn’t true. Helen had many powerful suitors and her father was too afraid to pick one of them for her husband in fear of offending the others. Odysseus convinced him to make a contract with the other suitors that made them promise that should anything happen to Helen‚ the other kings would assist in getting her back. When Paris kidnapped Helen from Menelaus‚ they were bound to
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soldiers from his homeland of Phthia in Greece. Proud and headstrong‚ he takes offense easily and reacts with blistering indignation when he perceives that his honor has been slighted. His wrath at Agamemnon for taking his war prize‚ the maiden Briseis‚ forms the main subject of The Iliad. Agamemnon (also called “Atrides”) - King of Mycenae and leader of the Achaean army; brother of King Menelaus of Sparta. Arrogant and often selfish‚ provides the Achaeans with strong but sometimes reckless
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Often soldiers will complain that their leadership is leading them into a war for profit. Achilles is no exception as he states that Agamemnon is leading them in a war for his own very selfish reasons‚ “For that matter‚ what drove the Argives to make war on Troy … if not for Helen of the lovely hair?” (Homer 8). He goes on to state that not only does Agamemnon already have a wife‚ but he has also taken away Brisies the only woman Achilles has ever truly loved. In Jonathan Shay’s book titled Achilles
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During Greek Rule hundreds of years ago women were put to a standard and expected to maintain it through everything that they do. When any woman did anything out of the norm then they were most likely ridiculed for what they had done. In his play‚ Oresteia‚ Aeschylus highlights the implications of gender roles in Greek society with the foiling of Clytemnestra by Electra to illustrate the Greek ideals and views of woman in contrast to their men‚ the juxtaposition of Orestes and Clytemnestra as equal
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only one who possesses the authority to seek justice. This is because the father acquires the authority through the inheritance law or male lineage. On the contrary‚ Greek society seems to transform to a matriarch when Clytemnestra solely murders Agamemnon because she‚ like primitive males‚ exercises destructive justice and enters the cycle of violence. Conversely‚ Athena implements a new and productive structure of justice known as litigation. This suggests that Clytemnestra functions as a catalyst
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Theron Thomas Dr. Barker World Literature The Role of Revenge In Aeschylus’s‚ Agamemnon I do believe the role of revenge is justified. Even with it being as sad as true‚ there is a special bond with mother and daughter that no one can ever break or come in between. In the play‚ if the chorus would’ve listen to Cassandra’s prophecy and took action from the jump‚ maybe this whole tragedy would be prevented. But since the words were spoken from the lips of a woman
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