Clytaemestra boldly presents her position to the chorus: "I struck him twice. ... Earlier, the chorus mentions the robes of Iphigenia pouring to the ground (239-240). ... Here Agamemnon drinks what he deserves: death. ... The Greek word used here is paropsonema (1447) (Peradatto 390-93), a rather odd word to use in this context unless one considers the layering of images that occurs: it means to gain an extra relish or to evoke additional pleasure from a meal. ... "Agamemnon" Oresteia. ...

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An example can be seen with the chorus, Agamemnon and his cousin Aegisthus. ... The image that the Chorus had of Clytemnestra was very different from the type of woman she proved herself to be at the end of the play. ... Neither Agamemnon nor the Chorus expected her to take revenge on Agamemnon. ... Secretly, Clytemnestra is planning to murder Agamemnon using the robes so it would be difficult for him to fight back. ... She then walks outside the palace to the public square, where she tells the Chorus that she has killed the king. ...

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There are various explanations for the word justice, but I found it to be very interesting that in many of the definitions the word, "just" is used to define the word justice. ... The first play, Agamemnon, introduces us to Clytaemnestra who murders her husband because Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter. ... The chorus shows their anger with the queens actions, "You, pathetic- the king had just returned from battle. ... It is obvious that the chorus feels that Aegistheus and Clytaemestra truly wronged the king, rather than bringing justice. ... Orestes sees things the same way as his mother ...

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Her daughter Electra will also be in the episode as well as a chorus, messenger, Aegisthus and Agamemnon. ... It opens on the day that Agamemnon arrives back home with the chorus speaking to each other in front of the home of Agamemnon about Clytemnestra and her suspicious relationship with Aegisthus. ... Together they decide that it will be Clytemnestra that will kill him by using her trust. ... During this the chorus are talking to each other again about if Agamemnon finds out that his wife has been disloyal, they fear that it will have tremendous consequences. ... In this case she gets sedu...

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The Chorus can be used for many different things. In the three plays, Agamemnon, Oedipus Rex, and The Bacchae, the Chorus is used for a variety of different reasons. ... In Agamemnon the Chorus is used for a few different reasons. ... The Chorus ends with saying that Agamemnon's son will return to avenge his father's death. ... In Agamemnon the Chorus is used to tell us the history of the Trojan War. ...

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Imagery of the Lion in Agamemnon In Aeschylus" Agamemnon, symbolism is prominent throughout the play, and it is used to represent the feelings of the characters. ... This statement is justly proven throughout Agamemnon through the use of several different animal symbolisms. ... Using an animal as complex as the lion is a brilliant comparison to the characters of this play. ... Another reference to the lion comes in a fable-like speech by the chorus. ... Aeschylus uses this reference to tell the story of Helen of Troy and the purpose for the war. ...

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Imagery of the Lion in Agamemnon In Aeschylus" Agamemnon, symbolism is prominent throughout the play, and it is used to represent the feelings of the characters. ... This statement is justly proven throughout Agamemnon through the use of several different animal symbolisms. ... Using an animal as complex as the lion is a brilliant comparison to the characters of this play. ... Another reference to the lion comes in a fable-like speech by the chorus. ... Aeschylus uses this reference to tell the story of Helen of Troy and the purpose for the war. ...

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Clytaemnestra talks about war and being at peace and satisfied at the end of it which is of course use of her clever dramatic irony but then in another speech by the chorus they talk about "the avenging furies, they will never rest". ... Upon the arrival of Agamemnon Clytaemnestra's cunning and powers come into fruition. The entrance of Agamemnon is that of an austere soldier, a warrior. ... The death of Agamemnon and Cassandra evokes many different responses and reactions. The chorus cannot decipher the meaning of this, she has created disorder. ...

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Clytemnestra used her manly qualities to carefully and deceitfully plan the death of her husband; her lust for revenge was so immense that she wished for her husband to return so that she may kill him herself. ... On two accounts the Chorus wishes for the return of Orestes and that he may come right the wrong which has been committed in the noble house. ... The second time the chorus speaks of Orestes returning is when he speaks directly to Aegisthus. ... Aegisthus is not worried about Orestes returning and we see this when he responds to the chorus. ... Cilissa then speaks to the chorus and t...

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In the play Agamemnon, Clytemnestra is more powerful and intelligent than any of the men in the play. ... Clytemnestra uses her charm as a weapon as she persuades Agamemnon to step up to the red carpet and face his murder. ... She confirms to the chorus that her confidence is not only justice for the murder of Iphigenia, but her love for Aegisthus when she states "yet Aegisthus makes the fire shine on my hearth." (1433) Aegisthus is a substitute of Agamemnon's love, a man who she can dominate as a "tool for her masculine will"2 since he is addressed as a "woman" by the Chorus at the end o...

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Aeschylus postpones the death of Agamemnon and, using Cassandra's character, furthers the suspense and emphasizes the significance of the action which is to take place. ... Aeschylus has effectively used Cassandra as a means for building and maintaining the suspense created by the impending doom of the unaware Agamemnon. ... Further convincing the Chorus of the truth behind her words, Cassandra again recalls the murder of Agamemnon, and uses accounts of the past to validate her visions of the future. ... The Chorus, though they now believe her ability as a prophet, due to her knowledge...

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It seems to the chorus in the beginning of the Agamemnon that the war over Helen of Troy has made not only the city of Priam a victim of the Greek armies, but according to a prophet named Calchus, many cities have been caught by " the long hunt nets [of war]," (Ag. 129). ... Even kings can be hunted and trapped in nets, the "nets" or red robes which Clytemnestra uses to hunt and kill her husband Agamemnon. ... Also, right before the death of Agamemnon, Cassandra, a powerful and famous prophetess reveals her thoughts on Clytemnestra. ... Aeschylus intensely shows the importance of hunting with...

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Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. ... The chorus predict his downfall: "The gods fail not to mark those who have killed many. ... All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ... He uses the play to show that when men attempt to become powerful, or in Jason's case, attempt to become heir to a throne, they forget what is truly important and will suffer loss because of it. ... His excuses are obvious, even to the chorus. ...

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Medea, on the other hand does not use brute force at first to kill like Clytaemnestra, instead she uses what she knows best, poison. ... Medea the chorus does not find fault with Medea for punishing Jason for what he had done. ... Clytaemnestra mostly uses brute force where Medea uses her knowledge of poison to do the major damage. In the end though, Medea does use brute force to kill her children. ... Agamemnon. ...

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The chorus states; "This is a terrible sight for men to see! ... In Agamemnon, unlike Oedipus the King the chorus does not give such a vivid description but we do have the offstage screaming: "Ah, I am struck a deadly blow and deep within! "chorus answers, "Silence: who cried out that he was stabbed to death within the house? (Agamemnon 1343-5) There is still no description of Agamemnon's death, all the audience have to feed off is his painful cries and the confusion and terror of the chorus listening on stage. ... Therefore I am drawing upon the conclusion that what becomes the center of...

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In Agamemnon, Clytaemestra is woman engrossed with eternal suffering caused by the sacrifice of her lovely daughter, Iphigeneria, by her husband, Agamemnon. ... The chorus in the tragic play agree with Orestes before the deaths of the two murderers, "The spirit of Right cries out aloud and extracts atonement due: blood stroke for the stroke of blood shall be paid," (LB, 310-4), shows the mutual feeling of contempt and the motion of justice to prevail in both hearts of Orestes and the chorus. ... Clytaemestra cleverly uses this sadness as a disguise of her evil vengeance that she has for Agam...

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As the importance of actors grew and that of the chorus diminished, the stage became higher and encroached on the orchestra space. ... In Agamemnon, one of the greatest works of dramatic literature, King Agamemnon returns home from Troy and is treacherously murdered by his faithless wife Clytemnestra. In the second play, Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, returns to Argos and avenges the murder of his father by slaying his mother and her paramour Aegisthus. ... The characteristics of his works are the profundity of theme and the grandeur of the poetry recited by the chorus. ... As a young man, ...

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The "Supppliants" was his first work, but his most famous works that managed to survive of the over ninety plays were The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, The Orchestra, Agamemnon, and The Prometheus (Smith). Among them is most famous work, Agamemnon. ... Though he used a darker, more serious approach to play writing, Helen and the Cyclops come close to comedies(theater history 1). ... He contributed many innovations to Greek theater such as introduction of the third actor, the trilogy, which was used by Aeschylus. ... Sophocles made the number of actors and chorus la...

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Both the Greek and Roman culture use the name "Apollo " to address his deity, though his Roman counterpart slightly differs from the Greek idea of Apollo. ... In order to establish his oracle, Apollo had to defeat the serpent, Pythian, "a great fat savage beast, who used to do dreadful things. " Apollo slew the monster with an arrow and left the corpse to rot. ... In the future, Cassandra became filled with visions of importance yet no one saw truth in her predictions, specifically the Chorus in "Agamemnon ", who did not believe her cautionary words about the imminent death of her and King A...

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Medea is presented to the audience in the unmistakable style and language of the Sophoclean hero, the determined resolve, expressed in uncompromising terms: "the deed must be done- (791), and "I must dare- (1051), using the phrase "I shall kill- over and over again. ... Medea must also conceal her purpose from everyone else in the play, except the chorus whom she must win over to her side. ... The epic poems [i.e., Homer's Iliad and Odyssey] do not really question Achilles' right to bring destruction on the Greek army to avenge Agamemnon's insults, nor Odysseus' slaughter...

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Socrates used his chain of questions to help lead people to think further and search of wisdom. ... Even to this day, in the science world, we use different names for species. ... The three plays were Agamemnon, The Choephori, and The Eumenides. ... He also increased the number of people taking part in a chorus. ... He believed that everything can be reduced using an easier way. ...

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Hence, Euripides manages to expose the chauvinistic trends of the Greek society and uses his artistic genius to lay bare the inherent imperfections in the supposedly perfect' Greek Civilisation. ... The fact that she launches an intense protest against her husband Agamemnon's cruel decision to sacrifice their daughter Iphigenia holds no ground to the Greek audience and the other characters of the play. ... It is as if Agamemnon's life holds greater worth than Clytemnestra's. ... Lucas and Bernard Knox10 are in unison that the version used in the play is Euripides&#...

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He introduced a second actor where only one and a chorus had been used previously, making possible the conflict of wills and ideas that is so essential to dramatic development. ... The suppliants is his earliest known play, while the Oresteia trilogy (Agamemnon, Choefori and Eumenides) is regarded as his most important work.Other plays that have survived are The seven against Thebes, Prometheus bound and The Persians. ...

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