... house and has made an impact. Clytaemnestra's speeches are truly dramatic and clever. Her 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 ... until it is finally restored and this is all masterfully executed within a minute by the ultimate temptress. The death of Agamemnon and Cassandra evokes many different responses and reactions. The c...

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... from her own country, but fled with him to his homeland to build a new life. Medea bore two children with Jason and looked to having a future with him. "But, of course, the heart of the play is the quarrel between Medea and Jason, the deserted wife and the deserting husband" (Page xiv). A future with Jason was not to be. Jason fell in love ... ! too long you looked on the ones you never should have seen, blind to the ones you longed to see, to know! Blind from this hour on! Blind in the darkness-blind!" His voice like a dirge, rising, over and over raising the pins, raking them down his ...

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... Aeschylus" words. The Herald talks about how the armies have been penned in like animals and how they had their quota of miseries every sun starved day. Their lives were in darkness with even their elements against them. They were frozen by the winds and soaked with crap. Going over this again isn ... is far more practical: "What dawn can feast a woman's eyes like this?" She's picking up on images of light and dark in the Heralds speech. In particular the image of Agamemnon being a light burning through the darkness. This is ironic because the new day has bought a new age. There will be ...

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... that were very sacred to Hera. Symbols often used to represent her include: the pomegranate, which is the symbol of fertility, the cuckoo because Zeus had disguised himself as a cuckoo to win her heart, and the peacock which is the ancient symbol of immortality. She herself symbolises vengeance/revenge better than any other god/goddess as she has gone to great lengths to ... for since the ancient Greek times: The power to force her husband into fidelity. The advertisement (poster), has used a black Bristol board to represent the darkness of the jealousy that consumed Hera and has placed...

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... " can be linked directly to Paleolithic image and ideology. In this century, one could say that the labyrinth is a residual icon of the Great Goddess. The seeker walks the labyrinth today just as the Paleolithic devotee crawled through the darkness of caves to reach Her center. As then, they come to be healed, find wisdom and to be reborn and renewed. If you ... look closely, at the center of traditional labyrinth designs, you can find the Goddess with upraised hands in a gesture of epiphany. At the center of the labyrinth the seeker of today looks for the experience of epiphany found so...

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• Grade Level: High School