Aegisthus

Constructing deep themes through the unionization several highly polar concepts, Aeschylus portrays the mythical border between piety and anthropocentrism while elucidating the dim line between blood and water. Most religious or spiritual people share a universal belief in a relationship - or a covenant - between humanity and the divine, yet they struggle to understand the barrier between the two. Structural analysis of Aeschylus’ Oresteia Trilogy illuminates the distinctions between humans and…

In Sophocles Electra one might find many different aspects of human experience, mainly because there are many different things at play. Love, lust, betrayal, fidelity, hope, morality and finally the experience which stands out most Revenge. Ah yes revenge, a very powerful human experience that controls and over comes many of the main characters that are found in the texts we read. Not only do we find this in the texts we read but also in our everyday life, everyday people, politician or…

returned ten years later with his trophy of war Cassandra, his wife Clytemnestra angry over Iphigenia’s death an d in love with Aegisthus, whose is Agamemnon’s cousin and is also responsible for killing his father Atreus. She kills both Agamemnon and Cassandra. After learning of his father Agamemnon’s death from his sister Electra. Orestes kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. This is the moment that fate and free will come…

In the duration of ten years, a vast number of things can change: society, beliefs, political power and much more. As for the kingdom of Argos, they experienced a revolving reality. Agamemnon left his kingdom in adequate shape, leaving his wife, Clytemnestra as the sole ruler in his absence. Periodically, Clytemnestra would receive updates on how Agamemnon and his fellow Greek soldiers were handling the war at Troy. Some of the messages she received were not appealing, including the news of her…

ungrateful you pay the consequences. Notes? Clytemnestra’s Revenge on Agamemnon Who? Agamemnon and Clytemnestra What? Agamemnon was away and his wife, Clytemnestra had an affair with Aegisthus. Aegisthus wanted to kill Agamemnon and his son Orester. They got to kill Agamemnon the son Orester killed his mother and Aegisthus he was then followed by Furies and on his way to Greece, he went over there to pay for his crimes and to be free. What’s the point? Karma The Creation of the World and…

Every character in Aeschylus's Oresteia is concerned with the notion of justice. The trilogy repeatedly emphasizes a fundamental concept of justice: revenge. It is a really simple but powerfully emotional basis for justice, associating retribution with family, emotions and honor. The Oresteia explores whether the revenge ethic is adequate as a legitimate basis for justice. It depicts the flaws of the practice of personal vendetta: the cyclical nature of blood crimes and the lack of a clear…

After Clytemnestra murders her husband she brings forth Aegisthus as her lover. She says, “No, my dearest, no more killing. We already have a wretched harvest to reap” (Aeschylus, 1654-1655). After Clytemnestra rules over Argos, she does not want to give up the power she has gained. The only way for her to accomplish…

She entered an adulterous relationship with Agamemnon’s cousin Aegisthus who had qualms with the king for deposing his family. These two secretly plotted to murder the good king in his own household, the very place where Clytemnestra sullied their marriage on a frequent basis. The furies are suppose to be the necessary…

Textual Analysis Purgatory is where “the human spirit purges himself, and climbing to Heaven makes himself worthy”(The World of Dante). In Dante, Purgatory is divided into three sections called Antepurgatory, Purgatory Proper, and Earthly Paradise. Inside purgatory the upper part of the mountain contains seven terraces, each consisting of one of the seven capital sins (The World of Dante). After visiting the first terrace, that of the prideful, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil arrive at the second…

and their means of punishment. In The Oresteia, Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, was exiled from the House of Atreus by his mother, Clytemnestra, the Queen of Argos. Upon the return of Agamemnon from the Trojan War, Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus, murdered Agamemnon due to his sacrifice of Iphigenia,…