... 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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... right image for Clytemnestra's relationship to her husband and children. Therefore, the viper ends up attacking her mate, king Agamemnon, and in turn is attacked by her children Orestes and Electra. In reality, these images imply that Clytemnestra acts as an enemy and not as a member of the family. Therefore, these actions, exempts her from being protected by the ties of ... son and not the son of Clytemnestra. This is because Cilissa took care of Orestes as a baby and still takes care of him, emotionally, as an adult. Both Orestes and Electra agrees that Clytemnestra was neither a wife...

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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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