... unfaithful to her. This way of justice being served is also seen when Orestes slays his mother Clytemnestra and her lover in The Libation Bearers, due her killing his father Agamemnon. Both of Aeschylus' plays show the idea of justice being served throughout them all by way of murder, and it is usually driven by revenge and vengeance. "To avenge [Iphigeneia's] death ... not always the best form of justice, but to Clytemnestra it was perfect. We see how Aeschylus highlights the " revenge in classical Athenian attitudes to punishment and justice " (William) when Clytemnestra is more than ...

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In Aeschylus" tragedy Clytemnestra is portrayed as a strong willed woman, which was not very typical of her time. Early in the play Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter because the winds would not allow his ships to sail any further so by sacrificing Iphigenia the winds would blow in ... husband while Orestes was around because the cycle of revenge would continue and it would be Orestes killing his own mother along with Aegisthus who was also plotting Agamemnon's death. Clytemnestra could have killed her son to end the cycle, but as a mother she did not have the heart to kill her son. Sending ......

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... will not end until everybody is dead. Justice does not and cannot only be revenge because in the end nobody would be left in that system. Aeschylus' Oresteia focuses on revenge as justice, with the old system that no longer works and that someone must fix, and a new system that has ... loved one. Clytemnestra is no exception to this rule; she feels that she must avenge the murder of her daughter by killing her husband, Agamemnon. When Agamemnon arrives from conquering Troy, Clytemnestra only wishes that "she will have victory'(pg47) She flatters him and attacks him through his greatest we...

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... she only wanted Aegisthus because he was weak. She appeared to only want him because he was, probably, one of a few who wanted vengeance against Agamemnon and wouldn"t ask to many questions. Felt she was doing the law and revenge was not an option. She was like a child who demands something ... by his power hungry mother. As he listens to his sister sob mourning for the dead and relive her present life, he is determined to avenge Agamemnon's death at any cost. Orestes set out to kill his mother and her lover without a second thought. He did just that but, wept sorrowfully ... way I wou...

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... old to new. These four significant changes all take place throughout the play and are somewhat parallel to the transformations that were going on in Ancient Greece. In Aeschylus" trilogy, the Greeks" justice system went through a transformation from old to new ways. In the beginning of the trilogy, the characters settle their matters, both ... or someone close to them takes revenge on the criminal. This matter is proven in the trilogy numerous times. For example, Clytemnestra murders Agamemnon as revenge for his sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia. Along those same lines, in the sec...

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... Atreus and the curse gives way to the transference of injustice through lineage. As a result of Atreus' demented action, parricide, adultery, human sacrifice, and war ensue throughout the tragedies of Agamemnon and The Libation Bearers. These results bring out the worst in people and in society. This is not justice because it's an endless ritual cycle of iniquity that corrodes the ... of my citizens They shall swear to make no judgment that is not just, and make clear where in this action the truth lies is known as the truth" (Aeschylus 487-489). The new ruling Olympian gods embody reas...

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