Iphigenia

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…

na Djunisijevic Prof. Klaassen CLCV 2010A March. 14th, 2018. The Portrayal of Revenge as a Mean of Preservation Seeking vengeance is one of the central themes in Agamemnon and The Medea. Both Euripides and Sophocles explore human nature by examining the human psyche. In the two plays, Clytemnestra and Medea are vengeful and ruthless in their pursuit of justice because of the disloyalty wrought upon them by their male partners Agamemnon and Jason. By preserving themselves through actions of…

Role of women in ancient Greek mythology Name Institution Introduction Myths serve two key functions: 1) to answer the kind of awkward questions normally asked by children like ‘How was the world made? Who was the first person to live in the world? Where do the souls of the dead go?’ 2) To account for a community’s customs and rituals as well as to provide a justification to the existence of a social system. In ancient Greece, myths featuring monsters, heroes and heroines as well as gods…

Comparison of Agamemnon and Adolf Hitler Agamemnon and Adolf Hitler were both very terrible and hate filled war leaders. Both Hitler and Agamemnon were very alike but, like most people, they had their different. Like most people in the world, they have some very odd facts to learn about too. They lived at two completely different times, but they are both very alike. Agamemnon and Adolf Hitler were very comparable to each other. Each man died during a time of war. They both commanded very large…

killing of her daughter, Iphigenia by the king. The real violence occurs off-stage as was the tradition in Greece in those days (Lloyd-Jones, 1970). Agamemnon’s murder is shown in the context of the three acts of murder which come before the main action in the play. There is the theft of Helen and the Trojan War. It is clear that the deaths that occur due to the conflict should be dropped at Helen’s door. Secondly, tragedy is shown when Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia, which in turn…

Short writing #3 The death of Iphigenia was mainly because Agamemnon killed a holy stag which made Artemis, goddess of the wilderness super irate. She had to get him back, so she stopped the winds so that the army could not sail to Troy. Agamemnon had to have his daughter killed in spite of that. Clytemnestra needed revenge for Agamemnon killing her so she killed him. She plans the murder with brutal tenacity and feels no remorse after his death. She is convinced of her own uprightness…

The prophet Calchas tells Agamemnon that the sacrifice of a virgin will send the wind needed to allow Agamemnon’s troops to get to battle. Agamemnon chose to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia who does not realize her fate until it is too late. Even with the attempt to escape this, she is still returned to Calchas for sacrifice. This leaves ten years of war for Clytemnestra to plan her revenge against Agamemnon. Upon his return, however…

Heroes of our world In our society I believe that we go through a lot of Campbell 's stages, but one of the most common is the denial of the call. How many times have we seen some people get the opportunity to do something, but they choose not to do it, because they are scared that they will not be able to accomplish what is expected of them. The most common Campbell stage in real life has to be the road of trials. Everyone goes through the road of trial. How can I prove it? Your personality…

king of the gods. They are basically there to keep everyone in line; like a judge. The Gods tend to torment humans who commit crime and are very vengeful. 2. One of the acts of violence in the play was when Agamemnon sacrificed his own daughter Iphigenia, which makes Clytemnestra want to murder him. Another act is the most important which led to the Trojan War; that is the kidnapping of Helen. Finally the most tragic acts of violence was when Agamemnon’s father (Atreus) cooked his own…

Retributive Justice in Agamemnon and The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea The concept of retributivist justice is best understood as the form of justice ruling that “those who commit certain kinds of wrongful acts, paradigmatically serious crimes, morally deserve to suffer a proportionate punishment” (Walen, 2016). In Aeschylus’s Agamemnon and Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea, the concept of retributive justice influences the emotions and actions of the…