... Greek society in mind and Aeschylus does that with skill. Clytemnestra is introduced in the play, following the death of her daughter, Iphigenia. Agamemnon according to societal pressures had to sacrifice his daughter in order to appease the gods. From the start of the play it is evident ... death was not justified, she was determined to avenge it. At this point we feel that Clytemnestra was justified in planning her hateful revenge against Agamemnon, the man who killed her child. In such a dramatic situation, the audience feels sympathy towards her murderous desires. Her tragic charact...

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... violation of Troys temples. The Greeks had violated the codes of war. Clytemnestra would be happy to be hearing this. The Herald compares the greatness of Agamemnon and his men to the losses of Priam - ancient king of Troy. The Chorus Leader welcomes the Herald home. In the Stichomythia we learn that those ... image of "Good win out in glory in the end". We are left with the sense of foreboding because we know this is not the end of Agamemnon's story. The Herald is not bright. He imagines and boasts about all the things they have done: "Once when an Argive expedition captured Troy they ....

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... , innovative words to drive an image into the mind of his audience. Clytaemestra, notorious as a villain or perhaps an anti- heroine, effectively acts as a medium for Aeschylus" brilliant rhetoric in Agamemnon. Clytaemestra's rhetoric not only invokes vivid imagery, but also confuses and perverts spheres of logic and rhetoric: sacrifice with murder, liquids with cloth, and blood with wine. These images overturn ... have been linked with cloth; now the concept of language as a web, a trap, is layered upon these other ideas. Clytaemestra also confuses fertility with death in the presence o...

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... He does so believing and hoping that his family can live and stay together. During this the chorus are talking to each other again about if Agamemnon finds out that his wife has been disloyal, they fear that it will have tremendous consequences. We shift back to Clytemnestra as she waits for ... punishable by death as the gods would not accept such a horrible act. She ignores them and after the festivities are complete, she prepares a bath for Agamemnon while Orestes is seen talking to his father about the war and the many battles he fought. The chorus are again talking about how this is...

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... into exile 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 him to kill his mother and her ... complicated matter because there are strong facts that lie within the whole situation such as: her husband sacrificing their daughter to the gods even though law requires him to, Agamemnon "Obey, obey, or a heavy doom will crush me! _ Oh but doom will crush me once I rend my child, the glory of my h...

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... analysis and evaluation of gender issues emerging throughout the text. Fowler deduces that masculine power is threatened by the murder of the King, Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra. The masculine power is further threatened by the acquittal of Orestes. Gender and the role of women and men are ... context is that it is rich in rhetoric and therefore supports masculine power. In this case, it either displays the positive portrayal of Agamemnon or criticizes those threatening masculine power. This is as indicated by the two women Clytemnestra and Helen. The Imagery here supports masculin...

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... , and enters his palace unknowing of the dangers within, the reader expects his murder to take place soon and thus conclude the vengeance of Clytaemnestra. Aeschylus postpones the death of Agamemnon and, using Cassandra's character, furthers the suspense and emphasizes the significance of the action which is to take place. In the three hundred lines of dialogue that follows, Cassandra ... charred, the father gorging on their parts" (1095-1097), the breeding of Cassandra's and Aegisthus" vengeful spirit that is "growing, massing, deep in the house" (1102), the actual murder of Agamemnon, ...

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... was said to perfect the vision of warning and reward, which in other words also can be thought of as betrayal and revenge. The Oresteia originally consisted of four plays-Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Euminides and Proteus. Proteus did not survive, though the three tragedies form a unity in themselves as the only Greek trilogy we have. In this essay I will ... takes revenge on Thyestes and feeds his sons to him. Thyestes takes revenge by cursing Atreus, and then flees with his one remaining son Aegisthus. Atreus had two sons called Agamemnon and Menelaus. Agamemnon marries Clytae...

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... " develops a new connotation, one that is perversely related to hunting humans with nets. Closely after this referral to hunting, we see the father, Agamemnon, sacrificing his daughter Iphogenia at the behest of the gods. What is truly significant about the passage of her sacrifice is how Aeschylus words the imagery ... hunted with the use of a net, it is by no means an accident on the part of the author. Also, right before the death of Agamemnon, Cassandra, a powerful and famous prophetess reveals her thoughts on Clytemnestra. Interestingly enough, she refers to the murderous wife as " s...

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... 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 " ... meaning "let the red stream flow", already foreseeing and anticipating the future. She now takes a different approach; she is methodical and clinical in sealing Agamemnon's fate. Her husband is vain, he believes that he is the "king of all kings men kneel or die", almost like a god,...

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