Iphigenia

cycle of crime. These decisions to murder only questions the nature of justice and vengeance. Agamemnon murders his daughter to gain victory over troy. Later in the story Agamemnon wife, seeks revenge against Agamemnon for murdering her daughter, Iphigenia. Later in the play the Orestes, murders his mother to avenge his father’s death. Throughout the storyline we witness a never-ending cycle of murder, which was the only option the family chooses to avenge a family members death. Shows the city…

The Importance of Comparison The three plays by Euripides that will be reviewed in this essay will be Iphigenia at Aulis, The Trojan Women, and Hippolytus. As I read each of these plays I found each more exciting than the last. The words of Euripides take the reader a step back in time and does a fantastic job giving the reader a mental image of what is going on. The stories of the Greek culture are very interesting and let the reader understand the values that were held in that period. They…

The Song of Achilles focuses on the loss of innocence and the tragic journey Achilles sets out on. Crossing the threshold in coming of age stories typically consists of the first time the hero comes to terms with his journey, the start of something great. Conversely, in a tragic journey, the hero is setting out on an adventure that will lead to their inevitable death. Generally, in tragic Hero’s Journeys, the hero knows that they are destined to fail, and yet they set out anyway, determined to…

Agamemnon is the first play in the Oresteia trilogy, and Oedipus the King is the second play in the Oedipus trilogy. These ancient Greek plays are full of prophesy, fate, free-will, and tragedy. There are two oracles, Cassandra and Tiresias, who try throughout the plays to warn people of their actions, but the fates of these people are sealed. Agamemnon and Oedipus both have similar tragic flaws, hubris and impulsiveness, that appear to aid in their downfalls. Free will plays a part as the…

of Helen. During the Trojan War, while Aga was gone, Cly played the role of a regent. Cly also acts as the antagonist; killing Agamemnon and Cassandra. Cly’s motivation to kill Mycenae’s king is rooted in Agamemnon’s sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia, her affair with Aegisthus, and the curse of the House of Atreus. Cly developed…

There is a lot of death in the play like Clytemnestra killing Cassandra and Agamemnon and Agamemnon killing his daughter Iphigenia and all of the men that he killed in Troy. The revenge factor is Clytemnestra seeking revenge on Agamemnon for killing their daughter Iphigenia. As the play is mainly based on the fact that Clytemnestra wants to kill her husband for killing their daughter it maybe should be called Clytemnestra as Agamemnon doesn’t really…

Trojan War The Trojan War was an extraordinary military experience of old times, embraced by the rulers of Greece against the city of Troy. It went on for a long time and cost numerous lives, additionally delivered numerous legends. The last clashes of the war were depicted by the writer Homer in his epic sonnet "The Iliad". It was called like that, in light of the fact that the old name of Troy was Ilion. In the myths encompassing the Trojan War, actuality is in fact blended with fiction, as…

sacrificed his daughter, Iphigenia, to the gods. He then left Clytemnestra to rule for ten years not including the several years of sailing.While he was gone, his wife, Clytemnestra, planned her revenge and had an affair with his cousin Aegisthus. Upon his return she did not appeal to the people as to what his fate should be, but, taking justice into her own hands, she killed him and…

Aeschylus’s trilogy, The Oresteia, presents one reason for Clytemnestra murdering Agamemnon: as revenge for the sacrificial murder of her daughter, Iphigenia. While this is not the only reason for Clytemnestra’s action, it is the most ambiguous; for example, Clytemnestra presents herself as a devoted mother, but she constantly contradicts her actions with her words. For instance, Clytemnestra, acting as a loving mother, vowed to avenge her daughter’s death, but later on goes to curse her own son…

trustworthy characters in this play. Iphigenia may have been truthful, but not much is shown about her personality other than how innocent she is. The chorus is made of up of good willed people that are too rational to be completely honest. Doubting that Argos won against Troy was an example of their skepticism, so they can make assumptions based on their experience . As for Agamemnon he is a king with good intentions, but a misguided moral compass. Killing Iphigenia for the sake of war against…