Rule hundreds of years ago women were put to a standard and expected to maintain it through everything that they do. When any woman did anything out of the norm then they were most likely ridiculed for what they had done. In his play‚ Oresteia‚ Aeschylus highlights the implications of gender roles in Greek society with the foiling of Clytemnestra by Electra to illustrate the Greek ideals and views of woman in contrast to their men‚ the juxtaposition of Orestes and Clytemnestra as equal in their crime
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In Aeschylus’ Agamemnon there are many different opinions about what kind of king and commander Agamemnon was. Some argued that he was good‚ while others dispute that his motives were wrong. Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ gained a strong hatred for him‚ after he sacrificed his own daughter so he could go to war. Many believe that this was not necessary and could have been overcome. The chorus seems to agree with this to an extent‚ and feels that Agamemnon could have prayed and requested that
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first describe the journey of Hades and is fall of most amusing jokes at the expense of various deities. The second part describes the contest between Aeschylus and Euripides and conceits chiefly of passages quoted by the two poets from the respectable words. The criticism of two playwrights is concentrated in the agony and the sins that follows Aeschylus is satirized for his bombastic language‚ blood curdling sentences‚ lengthy coral words and obscurity in exposition. The main criticism is directed
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household and bear children. Women had very little rights in Greek society. In Tragedies women were often the main focus revealing to us how women were treated and also how they were thought of in society (Marschke). In the play Agamemnon written by Aeschylus‚ all of the actions revolve around the actions of the women. The plays namesake‚ Agamemnon‚ is actually a minor character. It is the women of Agamemnon‚ not the men that have total control over the destiny of the play. The play begins with
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THEATRE Theatre a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality‚ presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from
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were quite extreme‚ due to Xerxes’ military decision to acquire Greece‚ there were few written sources which were not composed by his opposition or heavily influenced by the bitter relationship. Despite accounts‚ by composers such as Herodotus and Aeschylus‚ there has been recent attempt to consider both ancient and modern sources to balance his image. In the endeavor to reevaluate a reign that has much maligned throughout history and to reconsider a personality who has been at the mercy of those who
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because it occurs right after Agamemnon returns home from a great victory in Troy. The response that one might expect at this time from a queen who hasn’t seen her husband in years would be one that is joyful and happy to be reunited. The reason Aeschylus might have written the tragedy this way was to comment on the most prominent motive for which people act out upon. Rather than rejoicing in the fact that her husband is home and that they won the war‚ all Clytemnestra can think about
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years as Sophocles. They are contemporaries to Sophocles. The older contemporary was Aeschylus and the younger contemporary of Sophocles was Euripides. They wrote the same genre but incorporated there own styles and unique ideas with in their brilliant plays. They have all impacted to days theatre in their own ways creating diverse genres that today’s authors may choose to use. Aeschylus 525-426 bc. Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or
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insights on the perceptions and treatment of women in society. For a woman to possess qualities such as leadership and strength is not typical‚ in fact it is seen as masculine and un-ladylike. Many Greek plays contain several complex female characters; Aeschylus is a playwright whom incorporates a very complex female character‚ Clytemnestra in his play Agamemnon. Although Clytemnestra is one of the most recognizable and noted female villains due to her involvement in the murder of her husband and his concubine
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Aeschylus’ tragedy‚ Prometheus Bound‚ is an interesting example of Aristotle’s tragedy because it encompasses a god’s own reversal leading to suffering brought upon his fellow gods. Prometheus Bound is the story of the god Prometheus and the events that follow after he disobeys the new ruler‚ Zeus‚ by granting gifts of survival‚ namely fire‚ to humankind. Catharsis is found in the play because the audience pities Prometheus for having to suffer for an act of kindness. Prometheus Bound combines hamartia
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