... from power because of pride or some other personality flaw. Well-known characters in some of the greatest Greek tragedians' plays illustrate this idea. In Aeschylus's Agamemnon, the title character is a returning king who behaves arrogantly and thoughtlessly. He is murdered by his wife and his kingdom falls apart. Sophocles's character Oedipus ... be prejudiced against those who hold power. He goes on to wage war and destroy innocent lives, angering both the people and the gods. The chorus predict his downfall: "The gods fail not to mark those who have killed many. The black Furies stalk...

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... is only secondary! So much so that Athene , the daughter of Zeus, successfully persuades the Furies to pardon Orestes. It is as if Agamemnon's life holds greater worth than Clytemnestra's. Secondly, Medea is not dependant on any other character for her dramatic significance. She appears to an ... adds diversity to his exposé, on the other, it takes in the Feminist perspective quite effectively. For instance, the nurse, the tutor, the chorus, Creon and Jason give voice to the conventional, patriarchal view at different junctures. Nevertheless, Euripides effectively refutes each one of th...

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... of that time do not reflect the evidence that we have about the women in classical Athens. The tragedies of Medea, Antigone, Electra, and even Agamemnon, show women are strong and free willed and are capable of doing things on their own. In Euripides" Medea, Medea is constantly talking about the ... to produce sympathy from the audience, making the audience aware of her and other women's plights in that time. The character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus" Agamemnon is very masculine and is shown posses some male traits. In these plays there is a sense of role reversal, showing the women t...

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... is happening in the city. Until this murder is solved and the evil is gone, the plague will be present. One last example of irony occurs in the play of Agamemnon. In Antistrophe 1, on page 30, starting around lines 376 - 384, the chorus is talking about Agamemnon. The irony is occurring because; the chorus is actually talking about the defeat of Paris. ...

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