In the novel Cassandra by Christa wolf‚ we are told the story of Cassandra before she is murdered by Clytemnestra after she got captured and enslaved after the fall of Troy. Being already regarded as an outsider‚ Cassandra begin to isolate herself from her own family as we move through the novel and also cuts herself off from the society she lives in through the idols that the Trojans dearly believe in. These idols served as a way to take hold of the Trojans and make them believe in something thus
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John F. Kennedy is a president. Note that Claudius‚ not Hamlet‚ rules Denmark. 6. He is unaware of who is plotting his murder. Agamemnon and Hamlet Agamemnon and John F. Kennedy Hamlet and John F. Kennedy All three men Agamemnon does not suspect Clytemnestra; Hamlet is surprised by Laertes’s poisoned sword; John F. Kennedy is killed by someone unknown to him. 7. He believes there are times when secrets are necessary‚ or when one might need to guard the truth. Agamemnon and Hamlet Agamemnon and John
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their song but fail due to his men binding him tight with ropes. The next character is Circe who manages to prove dangerous by turning Odysseus’ men into pigs despite initial appearing as just a kind person with no ill intent. The last character is Clytemnestra the wife of Agamemnon who proved to be dangerous by murdering her husband after his return and after cheating on him. All these characters manage to prove dangerous in their own right but some also prove dangerous to others not just
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Was One and Twenty Different advices from an old man. YEATS Leda and the Swan Combining psychological realism with a mystic vision‚ it describes theswan’s rape of Leda. It also suggests that this event leads to the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra (the latter being the daughter of Leda) Sailing to Byzantium It uses a journey to Constantinople (Byzantium) as a metaphor for a spiritual journey. Yeats explores his thoughts and musings on how immortality‚ art‚ and the human spirit may converge
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Why‚ when she lived‚ did you not harass her? / Ch. She was not bound by blood to him she slew" (Aeschylus 359). This exchange occurs during the trial as Orestes questions the Erinyes for preying upon him (who killed his mother) but not bothering Clytemnestra (who killed the man that was both her own husband and Orestes’s father)‚ and the Erinyes state that Orestes was the only one of the two who deserved to be punished because only he killed a person who was related to him by blood. The discrepancy
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Name ________________________ The Odyssey Study Questions- ANSWERS Book One (p. 77-92): 1. What do you see as the attitude of the Gods’ towards men? They think men are foolish. They bring most pain and suffering upon themselves. 2. What do you see as the attitude of the Greeks towards hospitality? They take the role of hosts seriously. The Greeks had to open their home‚ be gracious‚ and share their food‚ and drink with their guests. 3. How would you characterize Telemachus at this
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The Big Bad Swan In nature‚ there are many amazing and bizarre acts. Take‚ for example‚ the Preying Mantis. The Preying Mantis is a relatively large insect that performs a most barbaric act: after the docile and exquisite female mates with her aggressive and overpowering male counterpart‚ she eats him. Instinctively‚ the powerful male seeks out his mate and impregnates her‚ fulfilling his mating duties. However‚ the male expends all of his strength in the sexual encounter‚ and the female
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<b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros
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Narrative Poem Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story‚ often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metred verse. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long‚ and the story it relates to may be complex. It is usually dramatic‚ with objectives‚ diverse characters‚ and meter. Narrative poems include epics‚ ballads‚ idylls‚ and lays. Some narrative poetry takes the form of a novel in verse. An example of this
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greatest achievement)‚ comprising Agamemnon‚ The Choephori (also known as The Libation Bearers)‚ and The Eumenides. The narrative follows the events that befall the house of Agamemnon on his return from the Trojan War. In his absence‚ Agamemnon’s wife Clytemnestra has taken as a lover Aegisthus (Agamemnon’s uncle‚ who was robbed of the throne by
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