Essays Tagged: "Clytemnestra"

Agamemnon

his shift would end. He istired and wants to sleep but he must stay awake. He awaits news from QueenClytemnestra. The Chorus of Argive elders enters, singing of the war. They sing of the gods,a ... inks that deed was horrible, but had to be done for the good of the country. The leader asks Clytemnestra if she's heard any news. He doesn't like being ruledby a woman and treats her somewhat ...

(2 pages) 105 0 2.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The importance of structure in "The Agamemnon" is a classic Greek tragedy written by Aeschylus.

xtremely important both in life and literature and can be seen many times throughout The Agamemnon. Clytemnestra says "But even losing suits a mighty man." this means that a mighty man wining would be ... ch shyness wears away in time." The pause created by the ellipse exaggerates the point created that Clytemnestra missed Agamemnon in his long absence (which she didn't). The "buts" and ellipses provid ...

(6 pages) 69 0 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Comparison of Incestuous Relationships Throughout History.

igh (Sharman-Burke and Greene 82).Among mortals' lives' that were influenced by Zeus, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, husband and wife, were the children of Zeus and Leda. Although they had different eart ... eda. Although they had different earthly fathers, the incestuous relationship between Agamemnon and Clytemnestra brought a curse upon their house for two generations. It was finally destroyed by Orest ...

(13 pages) 139 2 4.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Why does Agamemnon die? An analysis of Aeschylus's 'Agamemnon' from the Orestia trilogy which examines the multiple causes of his death. Based on a reading of the play in translation.

manipulates the original myth in order to accentuate the dangers of giving power to a woman, hence Clytemnestra's murder of Agamemnon as opposed to her lover, Aegisthus, who is given a far more effem ... wever, this new stance on the story does not suggest that the only causes of Agamemnon's death were Clytemnestra's desire for power, and the need to dispose of her husband in favour of her new lover. ...

(5 pages) 103 0 4.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Comparison of Medea and Clytemnestra, Euripides's Medea and Aeschylus's Agamemnon

Greek tragedies almost always share similar characteristics. Medea from Euripides's play Medea and Clytemnestra from Aeschylus's play Agamemnon display and share tragic traits. They are both vengeful ... fferences in their chosen means of revenge; as a result of successfully exacting their revenge both Clytemnestra and Medea cause their own downfall.Both Medea and Clytemnestra seek to hurt their husba ...

(5 pages) 111 0 4.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Leda and the swan

man by a swan. Leda was the wife of Tynadareus, the daughter of Thestios, and the mother of Castor, Clytemnestra, Pollux, and Helen. In this poem the Greek god Zeus takes the form of a swan and has hi ... man by a swan. Leda was the wife of Tynadareus, the daughter of Thestios, and the mother of Castor, Clytemnestra, Pollux, and Helen. In this poem the Greek god Zeus takes the form of a swan and has hi ...

(10 pages) 85 1 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Cassandra

y, he brings Cassandra home with him. Cassandra was a war prize given to Agamemnon by his soldiers. Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, is told by Agamemnon to welcome Cassandra. When Clytemnestra asks Ca ... Cassandra. When Clytemnestra asks Cassandra to leave the chariot and enter the palace, she refuses. Clytemnestra gets frustrated with her and returns to her palace. Cassandra begins to weep and tells ...

(4 pages) 6 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Fate In The Odyssey

who do not know The sea? There is the story of the ill-fated Agamemnon, who was killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover, Aigisthos. Aigisthos wooed Clytemnestra into having an affair so that he ... his daughter, he wasn?t killed in the war because, by the laws of fate, he had to be killed by his Clytemnestra and Aigisthos. It was also fated that Clytemnestra?s son, Orestes, would kill her.Fate ...

(3 pages) 5829 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Cassandra"

s victim. As soon as Agamemnon returned to his home in Mycenae, Cassandra warned him that his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus, were planning to kill him. Agamemnon did not want to believe ... ink about. So, he ignored Cassandra's prophetic warning. When both Cassandra and Agamemnon arrived, Clytemnestra greeted them warmly, trying not to be suspicious. Cassandra ignored Clytemnestra, ready ...

(4 pages) 2848 0 3.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Aeschylus

strength of its characters.Agamemnon depicts the assassination of the title character by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover; The Libation-Bearers continues the story with the return of Agamemnon's ... her, Atreus, murdered and cooked the children of his own brother, Thyestes, and served them to him; Clytemnestra's lover, Aegisthus (Thyestes's only surviving son), seeks revenge for that crime. Meanw ...

(7 pages) 24 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

W.B.Yeats and Leda and the Swan

to woo Leda, wife of Tyndareus. She winds up giving birth to four children, two mortal (Castor and Clytemnestra) and two immortal (Polydeuces and Helen). Yeats' poem focuses not on the monumental eve ... n, Polydeuces and Helen, were born from an egg laid by Leda and Tyndareus' children were Castor and Clytemnestra. However, some say that Helen was a daughter of Nemesis and Zeus and brought (in egg fo ...

(6 pages) 32 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Agamemnon

le. We sympathize with their motives even if we do not sympathize with their actions. Agamemnon and Clytemnestra both are portrayed as reasonable people who sincerely wish for justice but feel they ha ... acrifice of Iphigenia ? then Troy can be punished and the world can begin again with a clean slate. Clytemnestra believes the same. She is "ready to make contract/ With the Evil Genius of the House of ...

(5 pages) 26 1 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

GREEK VIOLENCE

is the axis point, but not one act of murder is shown on stage. In the tragic tale, The Agamemnon, Clytemnestra kills Orestes' father, Agamemnon. The scene is set with the chorus outside the room whe ... the audience. This time it is Orestes who reveals the bloody events that took place between him and Clytemnestra. Orestes states bluntly that he "pushed her to this death with right." Without the smal ...

(4 pages) 7 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Why Is The Libation Bearers Called The Libation Be

Trojan women, originally taken by Agamemnon from Troy to Argos. The Chorus has been commissioned by Clytemnestra to offer libations up for Agamemnon. This is a fruitless attempt by Clytemnestra to uti ... y and Argos. Their libations could signify the act of rebirth, through seeking their vengeance upon Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.Word Count: 260

(1 pages) 1896 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Women in the odyssey

nts loyalty for she was the only good and loyal woman who waited for Odysseus to return home unlike Clytemnestra who found a new lover.Calypso, a nymph from the island of Ogygia, took in Odysseus who ... ful to Odysseus for when he would return home. She was loyal to her husband unlike Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra. During Agamemnon's absence his wife lost all faith for him and fell in love with Aegis ...

(4 pages) 5881 0 0.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Aristotelian Tragedy: Clytemnestra’s Tragic Role in The Oresteia

Aristotelian Tragedy:Clytemnestra's Tragic Role in The OresteiaIn Poetics, Aristotle describes a tragic hero as one of no ... tragic heroes as set out by Aristotle, through her man-like character and her desire for vengeance, Clytemnestra better demonstrates the character traits of a tragic hero.According to Aristotle, the t ... py a high status position but must also embody nobility and virtue as part of his or her character. Clytemnestra, upon Agamemnon's departure for the battle of Troy, takes control of city-state of Myce ...

(6 pages) 4 0 0.0 Oct/2013

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy