Imagery of the Lion in Agamemnon In Aeschylus" Agamemnon, symbolism is prominent throughout the play, and it is used to represent the feelings of the characters. ... This statement is justly proven throughout Agamemnon through the use of several different animal symbolisms. ... Using an animal as complex as the lion is a brilliant comparison to the characters of this play. ... Another reference to the lion comes in a fable-like speech by the chorus. ... Aeschylus uses this reference to tell the story of Helen of Troy and the purpose for the war. ...

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Clytemnestra used her manly qualities to carefully and deceitfully plan the death of her husband; her lust for revenge was so immense that she wished for her husband to return so that she may kill him herself. ... On two accounts the Chorus wishes for the return of Orestes and that he may come right the wrong which has been committed in the noble house. ... The second time the chorus speaks of Orestes returning is when he speaks directly to Aegisthus. ... Aegisthus is not worried about Orestes returning and we see this when he responds to the chorus. ... Cilissa then speaks to the chorus and t...

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In the play Agamemnon, Clytemnestra is more powerful and intelligent than any of the men in the play. ... Clytemnestra uses her charm as a weapon as she persuades Agamemnon to step up to the red carpet and face his murder. ... She confirms to the chorus that her confidence is not only justice for the murder of Iphigenia, but her love for Aegisthus when she states "yet Aegisthus makes the fire shine on my hearth." (1433) Aegisthus is a substitute of Agamemnon's love, a man who she can dominate as a "tool for her masculine will"2 since he is addressed as a "woman" by the Chorus at the end o...

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Medea, on the other hand does not use brute force at first to kill like Clytaemnestra, instead she uses what she knows best, poison. ... Medea the chorus does not find fault with Medea for punishing Jason for what he had done. ... Clytaemnestra mostly uses brute force where Medea uses her knowledge of poison to do the major damage. In the end though, Medea does use brute force to kill her children. ... Agamemnon. ...

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