1. Gender Conflicts in the Oresteia
Fowler further holds that both Agamemnon and the Coleophora explore gender related issues by the use of imagery, mostly the animal imagery. ... According to Fontenrose, the imagery of the animal single parent means that the father is the head of the family and the mother is technically placed outside the family. ... In the two similes, the lion and the lion cub preys only on weaker animals to uphold the natural order. ... Clytemnestra is depicted as not properly performing the role of a mother to the snakes and as a result making herself the subject of violence in the snake dream. ... Both Ore...
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