Modern democracy is rooted in ancient Greek culture. Without accountability‚ mankind would be corrupt and chaotic. Before the creation of the court system‚ vengeance served as the primary basis of justice. Justice and revenge were at one time nearly synonymous‚ but this is no longer the case. Justice is now synonymous with integrity and authority. Aeschylus portrays this shift from blood-lust vengeance to equity through his trilogy‚ The Oresteia. The three plays‚ Agamemnon‚ The Libation Bearers‚
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successful in your analysis. These are just sketches of ideas to show a variety of possibilities…your own work should be more carefully organized. Hamlet Similarities Agamemnon Hamlet takes revenge. Both plays are about a prince or king‚ who is clearly someone of high status. Agamemnon is the victim of revenge. Hamlet tends to be humble yet plots the death of a king. Both tragic heroes make an error of judgement. Agamemnon shows hubris by walking on the red carpet and taking a concubine yet he is
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Oresteia by Aeschylus‚ the story of Clytemnestra guilt or innocents is questioned. She does many things that people are not too happy with and those controversial actions throughout the story‚ mainly in the first part Agamemnon get her into the trouble. As we explore the case that builds against her innocents by exploring the killings of Agamemnon and Cassandra and the boastful expression about the killings. This action causes a great deal of rage in Clytemnestra. One could very well understand why
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Agamemnon‚ Clytemnestra and Orestes all had faced choices that not one knew what direction to go to solve them. Most of the conflict that was held was between the old goods and new goods and neither behalf having a clear cut right and wrong. Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae‚ know as the great commander f or the Greek Trojan war‚ and also had for children with Clytemnestra. As the story goes on he was later murdered by Clytemnestra and her new found love Augustus. Clytemnestra was the
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Agamemnon Agamemnon is the first book in the Orestiean Trilogy written by the famous Greek tragedy writer‚ Aeschylus. Agamemnon is a story of justice and revenge. The story takes place in a city called Argos. It starts with Agamemnon‚ the king of Argos‚ away at the Trojan War. The city is eagerly awaiting the news of their king’s welfare and the outcome of the war. Watchmen are posted in the city‚ watching for the beacon that would report the capture of Troy and Agamemnon’s return. Beacons
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blood atones for past offenses‚ but rather creates new tragedies that others will in turn wish to avenge. The Chorus exhibits a proclivity for punishment by blood vengeance beginning in “Agamemnon”. During the confrontation between the Chorus and Clytemnestra that follows Agamemnon’s death‚ the Chorus plainly
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of revenge upon members of this house. These actions set up the play and has Agamemnon trying to come back home after the Trojan War. However‚ Artemis will not let the winds blow in favor of
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talking about long time being away from home and final come back. He says he is just a mortal man. He does not want that people honor him for victory- but God. He is just human and God the one who has to be praised and honored. After discussion with Clytemnestra Agamemnon changes. He becomes unreasonable and arrogant. He changes his mind. We can see that he gets influence of other people very easy. Agamemnon feels that he is the one who deserves to be honored for victory. He walks proudly on the carpet
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Oresteia‚ Aeschylus began with the homecoming of Agamemnon from the Trojan War. There‚ he acquired a concubine‚ Cassandra. Upon bringing her home‚ his wife‚ Clytemnestra and her lover‚ Aegisthus‚ plotted their murder. This prompted the return of Orestes from his years of exile from Argos to avenge his father’s death. Ultimately he killed both Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. This lead the Furies to drove him into madness and both Apollo and Athena had to be brought in to stop the tutor. In this play‚ the motives
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What is the strongest case for the claim that Clytemnestra has a legitimate grievance? Agamemnon goes to war‚ for ten years and sacrifices his daughter to gain favorable winds. Clytemnestra is left for ten years to mourn and think about her husband killing her daughter in order to win a war. When we think about punishment‚ we think about people being judged and justice being served. In this case‚ Clytemnestra acts as both the judge and the jury. The party found guilty and justice is an eye for
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