... 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 ... a shining future. The evolving theme of an individual's weakness and subsequent downfall supports the Greek's democratic system, where no individual becomes too powerful. Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. On his way to the Trojan war, he sacrificed...

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... used as a device to pray or to call on the Gods in a story. 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. These are three plays from ancient Greek times. They are from three ... different authors. In Agamemnon the Chorus is used for a few different reasons. In the beginning of the play the Chorus is telling the audience the history of the Trojan War. ... debates whether or not they should open the doors to see what was going to happen. That is when the Queen confesses ...

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... hero. Achilles, from Homer's The Iliad, is a tragic hero. Achilles's quick rage coincides with a key characteristic of a tragic hero. Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae takes Briseis, Achilles's prize, or woman. This act is an insult to him, as it is betraying Agamemnon as a more powerful figure, which makes Achilles seem like less of a man. Achilles is enraged by this act of self ... -righteousness; Homer writes, "Should he draw sharp sword at his hip, thrust though the ranks and kill Agamemnon now? - or check his rage and beat his own fury down?" (371) Achilles's rage, or hamartia, is very...

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... ." (Pg 265) This statement is an example of arete that all of the men had. It was a manly attitude; they would rather be killed than to back away from a fight. Agamemnon is the king of Mycenae and commander-in-chief of the Achaean army. He's not nearly as strong as Achilles but he has a similarly hot temper and prideful streak. He ... Chryses to her father, but instead he asked Achilles for a replacement and that he wouldn't rest until he gets another woman by his side, this was how arrogant he was. Agamemnon's pride makes him so arrogant that he demands that Achilles prize Briseis be gi...

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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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... themselves unjustly treated, would be huge and deadly. 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 of the entire younger generation of the Ithacan aristocracy. Sophocles' Ajax sees nothing wrong in his attempt to kill the commanders of the army for denying ... ...

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