... 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, Agamemnon is killed by his wife, Clytemnestra, " (Buller). Revenge is not always the best form of justice, but to Clytemnestra it was perfect. We see how ... plan on how she would avenge her daughter's death and get him back for staying away fo...

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... is a King who is tragic. In the battle against Troy, he was the leader of the Greek army that went because Helen, wife of Agamemnon's younger brother Menelaus, was taken there. He is an arrogant person that only sees what is best for him and does not care for others. When ... but it is not the one to doom him. During the journey to Troy, in order for the Greeks to have favorable wind push their ships onward, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to the god Artemis. Who would kill their daughter for own selfish victories? By his decision, it is clearly visible that he is proud ... ...

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... is a King who is tragic. In the battle against Troy, he was the leader of the Greek army that went because Helen, wife of Agamemnon's younger brother Menelaus, was taken there. He is an arrogant person that only sees what is best for him and does not care for others. When ... but it is not the one to doom him. During the journey to Troy, in order for the Greeks to have favorable wind push their ships onward, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to the god Artemis. Who would kill their daughter for own selfish victories? By his decision, it is clearly visible that he is proud ... ...

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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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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 Agamemnon and his wife Clytemestra and their doomed marriage that ends in an affair and murder. It was dramatic irony in which everyone but the husband returning from war knew about ... . The play consists of the same idea of hidden resentment and bitter revenge that ties the two tales together. The mythological Greek story of the tragic tale of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra starts after Agamemnon returns home with Cassandra ...

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... as he should have burial, far from our sight! To me nothing but this can make amends for the woes of the past" (Sophocles 77). Many years ago Electra's father, Agamemnon was at the battle of Troy; he shot, and killed a deer for fun. The Goddess of Hunting; Artemis stated that this was unfair and that he must sacrifice someone close ... to him if he wanted to continue to the battle of Troy. If there was no sacrifice then Agamemnon and his troops would stay with Artemis forever. Agamemon decided to sacrifice his youngest daughter Iphigenia to the Goddess of Hunting, and he and his troops ...

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... his most famous works that managed to survive of the over ninety plays were The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, The Orchestra, Agamemnon, and The Prometheus (Smith). Among them is most famous work, Agamemnon. Aeschylus's plays held a recurring set of traits. Each character was clear and direct, the plays usually consisted of reconciliation after guilt and punishment have taken ... ...

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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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... playwrights that survived, Aeschylus (525-456BC), Sophocles (ca. 495-406BC), and Euripides (ca. 485-406BC). One of Aeschylus' works was, The Oresteia (485BC.), which was a trilogy. The three plays were Agamemnon, The Choephori, and The Eumenides. The theme of the plays was about justice. He also introduced the second character to the stage.. Another playwright was Sophocles. He was most famous ... ...

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... the advancement of humankind. Art instructs, reveals the truth, and expresses the highest feelings of humankind. Sophocles, the author of "Oedipus Rex," and Aeschylus, the author of "Promethus Bound" and "Agamemnon" were both masters of art, weaving the effects of discord between brash humans and divine entities. Their plays unveil the cold reality of the vulnerability of humans, which shadows Aristotle ... ...

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