Aeschylus

To fully understand Sophocles’ play, the context must be explained. Oedipus the King takes place in mythological ancient Greece. In the city of Thebes, the events of this play happen all in a single day. In front of the Palace of Thebes, the people of this day are experiencing a famine in the land. An oracle tells that this famine is present because the murderer of the old king, Laius, has not been found and subsequently punished. In this age, it is important to note that the people of ancient…

The ending of Sophocles' Electra is perhaps one of the most interesting endings of the Greek tragic plays, as it is incredibly dramatic yet at the same time somewhat anticlimactic. The play ends fittingly dramatically with murder, although it never actually occurs on stage; thus, the anticlimax. Although Electra is a Greek tragedy, it does not end in utterly tragic circumstance, nor does it finish in a blaze of glory. The ending is generally interpreted in one of two ways; 'light' or 'dark',…

Chapter 5.3- Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age Pericles’ Plan for Athens: Pericles, a general, politician, and speaker, led Athens for the most part of its Golden Age. His goals were to strengthen Athenian democracy, hold and strengthen the empire, and glorify Athens. Pericles increased public officials who were paid salaries in order to achieve his first goal. During his rule, Pericles introduced direct democracy to Athens. To strengthen the Athenian empire, Athens needed a stronger navy.…

UNITY [Document subtitle] Three thousand years ago, ceaseless war fire surrounded the ancient city of Troy. The nine-year Trojan War formed countless heroes in Greek History. However, the Iliad was one and only written literature on this particular War. Constructed by Homer, the Iliad was the first written text and one of the major pieces of epic literature in Western history. Some may debate the historical accuracy of the Iliad since it was recounted by Homer and written down a hundred…

Aristotelian vs. Modern Perception of the Protagonist Affinity toward a character is often skewed by one’s own personalities and beliefs, such as the view of characterization within Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. In order to properly assess the protagonist within this play, first the thoughts of Aristotelian theory of tragic heroes will be overviewed, and their involvement in plot development. Next, this theory, and a specific main character approach by Aristotle, will then be applied to The Agamemnon,…

In Keats’ world, a Grecian urn sets the boundaries, and he conveys that by emulating the word choices of the Greeks in their plays, such as “Prometheus Bound’, a play by Aeschylus written around 430 B.C.E. This is important because of the speech commonalities between the two like “ye” and “twain” (Keats). Invoking these specific words creates a sense of legitimacy. Faulkner uses similar strategies to establish his setting…

Aeschylus’ Agamemnon introduces the audience to Clytemnestra early on, eagerly plotting the murder of her husband Agamemnon. Clytemnestra’s motivations are more closely tied to expected qualities of a woman, as she acts in revenge of her daughter Ipathegeneia’s…

People with disabilities have been discriminated, not only in the 1930s, but throughout the sum of time. Many people of the mentally ill community were taken advantage of and were the “test monkeys” for some inhumane treatments. From before, after and during the 1930s, they were thought of as a burden to society. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men, Lennie Small, one of the main characters, suffers from an intellectual disability. Although he is not the brightest, he is big and strong but does…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed April 4th 1968, while in Memphis, Tennessee. The night of King’s death, Robert F. Kennedy addressed a rally between 17th and Broadway in Indianapolis, Indiana, informing them of King’s untimely passing. Kennedy, who had been in Indianapolis for the Democratic Presidential Nominations, went to the rally, which was set in the heart of Indianapolis’ African-American ghetto. Kennedy makes the claim to this captive audience, “we have to make an effort to…

It is believed that first evidence of artistic activity is a diagonal itching on a stone with a shark tooth, associated to Homo erectus around 500 000 years ago. However the oldest undisputed form of figurative art is a sculptured Venus figurine around 40 000 years ago. A time where human behavior hadn’t yet developed behavioral modernity which consists of abstract thinking and symbolic behavior among other things, yet art found its way. These first forms of art were not pure creation of the…