is confused and starts asking questions to discover more‚ “What is this new and huge /stroke of atrocity she plans within the house /to beat down the beloved beyond hope of healing?” (1101). We as the audience know what is going on. We know that Clytemnestra is planning on murdering Agamemnon since he had sacrificed their innocent daughter just for favourable winds for war. However‚ the Chorus has no idea what is happening. They are so distracted with the return of Agamemnon and are blinded by his
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I am Ales Hero! I know that I am the strongest and attractive man here. With a few years behind me‚ I have become wise and handsome. In public I must painstakingly compose myself in the certain manner that we are required to do so. Tonight is a different story! I shall show everyone who I truly am! I am a warrior‚ a lover‚ and a leader! Tonight‚ I will show every man and woman in this room who the real hero is‚ and that is Ales Hero! This symposium is the best even of the year for us men. The experiences
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portraying women as psychopaths and crazy individuals who only care about revenge. The way Clytemnestra is depicted would be horrific to Irigary‚ as it makes it seem as if women are easily overwhelmed by their emotion and let the thought of vengeance get in their way of reason. Also‚ in the story of Medea‚ Irigary would be disappointed to find out that she is portrayed as someone who is almost fully dependent on her husband and seeks revenge upon finding that he has left her. As a strong feminist activist
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of King Tyndareus of Sparta*. Others name Nemesis‚ the goddess of revenge‚ as her mother. Helen had a sister Clytemnestra‚ who later became the wife of King Agamemnon* of Mycenae‚ and twin brothers Castor and Pollux‚ known as the Dioscuri. Stories claiming Leda as Helen’s mother tell how Zeus disguised himself as a swan and raped the Spartan queen. Leda then produced two eggs. From one came Helen and her brother Pollux. Clytemnestra and Castor emerged from the other. Other versions of the myth say
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Helen of Sparta was perhaps the most inspired character in all literature‚ ancient or modern. A whole war‚ one which lasted for ten years‚ was fought over her. Not only that‚ nearly all the myths of the heroic age were threaded together in such a way that this most idealized of all wars was the culmination of various exploits‚ including the Argonaut‚ the Theban wars‚ and the Calydonian boar hunt. It is as though this event was in the destiny of every dynasty formed from the beginning of things.
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6) A. Clytemnestra / Vengeful B. “She proclaimed…’Here likes my husband dead‚ struck down justly by my hand‚’...It was his blood that stained her dress and face and she was glad.” (Hamilton 356) C. Ten years had passed since the start of the Trojan war‚ but Agamemnon’s murder of his daughter had not been forgotten. Ever since the fateful day when the king of Mycenae had his own child slain to appease Artemis‚ his wife had waited to take her vengeance. She had taken a lover and all the people of the
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Breanna Manlick 4-26-2014 CLAS 342 Paper Assignment #2 Character Foils for Odysseus The Odyssey is the epic that has been read time and time again‚ by varying ages‚ digging its way into our hearts‚ becoming an instant classic. Odysseus and the adventures of his homecoming create a much different tale than Homer’s other work‚ the Iliad‚ provided. The epic is not about bloodthirsty men trying to get their hands on kleos anymore; it is about the homecoming of a man who uses his wits‚ not his weapon
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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 in the transformation from oikos (aristocratic) to polis (democratic) which reflects upon society’s progress towards cleansing. However‚ Athena replaces Clytemnestra as the dominant female figure
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Clytemnestra was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda‚ king and queen of Sparta; half-sister of Helen of Troy‚ and husband of Agamemnon‚ ruler of Mycenae. She is infamous for plotting to murder her husband and Cassandra with Aegisthus‚ enemy of Agamemnon. She is a villain for her murder of innocent Cassandra and of her committing adultery. Clytemnestra is a murderer‚ slaughtering Cassandra for no reason besides for her own pride. Cassandra was a slave brought back by Agamemnon as a prize from the
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Clytemnestra Deception In The Agamemnon book of the Oresteia trilogy‚ the Chorus in each play represents the people who feel under represented and disrespected by the society’s changing values. They also fear the control of an effective woman in Clytemnestra rather than the leadership of Agamemnon. The Chorus takes direct actions‚ thought to ensure their prominence. Agamemnon‚ the king of Argos‚ returns home from the war at Troy. As his war prize he brings with him the prophetess-maiden Cassandra
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