... exactly what each of the characters in Aeschylus" book of plays, The Oresteia, did. It becomes very clear to see that each character holds different views on justice. The first play, Agamemnon, introduces us to Clytaemnestra who murders her husband because Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter. Agamemnon murders his daughter in order to satisfy ... from his homeland, Orestes comes back to bring his father's murderers to justice. Orestes sees things the same way as his mother does in Agamemnon. An oracle tells Orestes that the only way for his father's killers to be brought to justice is for h...

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Discuss the character of Clytaemnestra. How far do you think Aeschylus expected the audience to sympathize with her? anestra has defied the socially determined places of men and women and has ungendered herself ... first speech contains light imagery, she clearly sees hope amidst darkness "the blaze went dancing on to ecstasy", "torch", "glowing" upon hearing the news of Agamemnon's arrival and this is summed up when she says "it brings dawn to the black widow's face". Clytaemnestra speaks confidently and with no inhabitations "Good-bye to ... a perfect double meaning "let the red stream flo...

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