Iphigenia

great success to the king of Argos, he’d soon come to find that war awaited his return in his own backyard. The fate of his life fell at the hands of Clytemnestra whom was eager for his death as revenge for Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia. Throughout the story, Clytemnestra straddles the line between male and female roles, by adapting masculine speech and behavior. Her character dominates the traditional mannerisms of women and asserts the same aggression of power that men pose…

Yorgos Lanthimos is the Greek auteur director of Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015), and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). The common themes, or worldview, include cynicism and tragedy directed towards traditional family structures. Also, existential questioning of society. For example, The Lobster, Lanthimos’s English-language debut, explores a dystopian future in which legislation requires single individuals to obtain a romantic partner within forty-five days or become an…

Theater and drama is directly influenced by the fundamentals that Greek dramatics set in the preliminary stages of growth in the theater department. One of the biggest and arguably most important forms of Greek theater was tragedy. The subject of Tragedy is very broad and hard to define. To give the topic the attention it deserves it needs to be placed in its own piece of work to help dive into the different details surrounding Greek tragedy. This paper will start by looking deeply into exactly…

because Meletus' wife had run away. Before the boats are set to sail for war, Agamemnon is faced with a big decision. He must sacrifice his daughter in order to receive wind to sail his ships. Agamemnon kills his daughter without even batting an eye. Iphigenia plays a very powerful role here. The sacrifice of her life allows the ships to sail to war. This act also drives Clytemnestra to form a revenge plan. Then, of course, there is Clytemnestra. She rules the city while her husband is gone. All…