... 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 some of the greatest concerns throughout the trilogy. Fowler further holds that both Agamemnon ... deeply about the welfare of the children. There are perceptions in the snake metaphor as seen in the competition between Clytemnestra and Orestes in the Choephori. Orestes wins the competition when he defeats the snakes, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. The establishment of the imagery is aimed at the search of...

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... paid for and he will suffer the consequences of killing Agamemnon and revenge. Aegisthus does not realize it, but Orestes is seeking revenge upon him and his for the death of Agamemnon. After Orestes kills them,there is nobody left alive to kill him to avenge their deaths. Clytemnestra invokes the Furies who seek ... revenge for anybody who has nobody to seek it for them. The Furies chase Orestes to Apollo's temple where Orestes asks him for forgiveness "May god guide my blind steps finally to peace "(pg144). Orestes is the first person who is trying to change the system and realizes it...

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... For example, Clytemnestra murders Agamemnon as revenge for his sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia. Along those same lines, in the second part of the trilogy, Choephoroe, Orestes, who is Agamemnon son, murders Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. He does this in order to gain revenge on them for killing his father. It was by this ... to solve their problems on their own and do not need the gods to settle their disputes. This is especially evident when they have a trial for Orestes with a jury to decide his fate, not a god. The Greeks are moving away from the gods and myth as well. They are bec...

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... of their father, but there is always the danger of becoming trapped in a net of deception. The only other direct referral to a net is when Orestes and Electra are working up the courage to kill their mother and their step father. They speak of the "all-embracing net," (L.B. 479), in which ... He begins with the ghost of the dead Clytemnestra wanting the Furies to avenge her murder by first insulting the weakness of their hunting nets. "he [Orestes] is through the thick of your nets, he breaks away! Mocking laughter twists across his face," (Eum. 116-117). Even insults begin with poking ....

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... come back to haunt her. As the story continued and time passed emotions seemed to be a strong as they had ever been if not stronger. Orestes demonstrates bitter rage when he recalls his father's death 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 after the fact. He begs the ... looking for forgiveness. He acknowledges his "mistake" but is only sorry ...

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... unique. He had the ability to persuade anyone to follow suit. He was forced under dagger to write the Oresteia. The lead character Orestes was really the name of the lead character of the small revolutionary group whose name "ORESTES" is short for ORESTESIA (which mistranslated into the Oresteia). Orestesia was believed to be the god of deceit. Sometimes not referred to ... ...

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... foresight immediately foretells their certain demise but alas it was too late. Once they step foot into their "tomb" the door closed and Agamemnon and Cassandra's lives ceased to exist. Orestes, after being sent away for seven years, Came back to avenge his fathers death. Along with his sister Electra and his best friend Pylades he killed his mother and her ... a wife who has cheated on husband and decides to kill him. In turn she and the lover are killed themselves by the vengeful son and daughter. What about the names? Orestes and Orin, Christine and Clytemnestra, Aegisthus and Adam, ...

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