... dwelling doomed to see all the woes of Pelops' line, now and in the time to come?" (Sophocles 77) Apollo; the God of truth told Electra that she could avenge her father's death with blood for blood but she must do so in a smart, stealthy, and respectful manner. Once Orestes arrived in ... enough for her she wanted her mother to suffer more and she rejoiced in the murders. When Aegisthus arrived and Orestes proceeded to kill him Electra refused to give him the rights he so very deserved. As the royal King of Mycenae Aegisthus is entitled to a final statement and a proper cremation ... h...

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... play the class has read through so far. She is a woman who doesn"t give in easily with out a fight and will fight till the end. Electra reaffirms this as she is in a stichomythia with her sister. "I"ll fall, if fall I must, to avenge Aegisthus"(398). Chrysothemis has given up her ... give in to those who rule us" (395), she says. Sisters are always tough. Especially when they disagree with each other. In this play Electra, Chrysothemis and Electra share different points of view though they are blood related. Chrysothemis believes to be well off in the world, it is better to side with ....

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In the play Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O"Neal, certain elements in the play give parallels to Greek Mythology. The story that best proves this idea is the story of ... exist. Orestes, after being sent away for seven years, Came back to avenge his fathers death. Along with his sister Electra and his best friend Pylades he killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus. Mourning Becomes Electra took on a slightly different approach. The Mannon family on the outside looked like a prosperous respectable unit but these surface ... and the lover are killed themselves by the vengeful son and dau...

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... definition of tragedy. It will be told with Clytemnestra being the main protagonist and her son, Orestes, being the antagonist of the story. Her daughter Electra will also be in the episode as well as a chorus, messenger, Aegisthus and Agamemnon. The story of the episode will start after the conflict which ... through with the killing Agamemnon and causing pain to her children and family. As Agamemnon arrives at the port, he is greeted by Orestes and Electra who are both excited to welcome their father who is now a hero of the war in Troy. They greet each other and Orestes starts explai...

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... dead father's tomb. To her surprise, her younger brother Orestes, has returned. She is happy, yet she isn't entirely convinced that she should submit to the comfort of his return. Electra asks her brother Orestes if it is "...a trap...a net you tie around me?" (L.B. 220). Of course it isn't a net being tied around her, but there is another referral to hunting ... of humans here. Electra is afraid of the hunting net, and afraid to be trapped by a hunting net...one of false hope and happiness. She has been awaiting her young brother's return so together ... avenge the murder of their fat...

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... by killing Agamemnon for killing their innocent daughter Iphigeneia and the desire for power. This is were the play "The Libation Bearers" starts. Many years after Agamemnon's death, Orestes and Electra return, which their mother Clytaemnestra has betrayed from their rightful inheritance. Orestes has been commanded by the god Apollo to take revenge on his mother for killing Agamemnon and to ... reclaim the throne. Electra impels Orestes to do this, and at last he does, killing both Clytaemnestra and Aegisthus. I think that the murderers of Thyestes" children continue to plague the house...

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... what will happen to Orestes, I don't want him to die and if he is murdered who will be the one to do it? Who will want revenge on him, maybe electra? She despised her mother and wanted her to pay for the murder of her father, but maybe the gods will call it upon her to avenge her mother's death by ... ...

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... believe that the death of their father was justified because he had killed their sister. I wonder why they would rather be against their mother "I despise her she deserves it" says Electra as Orestes her brother claims that their father was a great hero. All the while I"m reading their conversation I wonder if it occurred to them that just as Iphigeneia was killed they ... ...

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... stay home with the mother. However the plays 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 conditions that ... ...

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