In Aeschylus" tragedy Clytemnestra is portrayed as a strong willed woman, which was not very typical of her time. Early in the play Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter because the winds would not allow his ships to sail any further so by sacrificing Iphigenia the winds would blow in his favor. This action inevitably set the stage for Clytemnestra's lust for revenge since it was her daughter as well. 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. Until their deaths in the play, both were convinced that the cycle of vengeance ended at Agamemnon's death because of the carefully thought out plans of Clytemnestra, but the cycle of vengeance is impossible to stop.
When Agamemnon returns from his voyage and Clytemnestra first speaks to him, she explains why his son cannot be here to witness his arrival and be near his father. In those days there was a very close bond between father and son. "Because such tales broke out forever on my rest, many a time they cut me down and freed my throat from the noose overslung where I had caught it fast. And therefore is your son, in whom my love and yours are sealed and pledged, not her to stand with us today, Orestes. Strophius of Phocis, comrade in arms and faithful friend to you, is keeping him. He spoke of me of peril on two counts; of your danger under Illium, and here, of revolution and the clamorous people who might cast down the council - since it lies in men's nature to trample on the fighter already down. (874-885) Clytemnestra is telling her husband that she has sent their son away because she is worried that something might happen to him if he were to remain in Argos. The king had been away for 10 years and therefore the likelihood of the throne being taken or Agamemnon's son being killed was high.
Clytemnestra insists that she killed Agamemon in revenge for sacrificing their youngest daughter Iphigenia. ... Agamemon decided to sacrifice his youngest daughter Iphigenia to the Goddess of Hunting, and he and his troops continued forth to the battle of Troy. ...
Sophocles, a Greek playwright, wrote the tragedy Oedipus Rex and it is now considered the epitome of all tragedies. ... In the tragedy, Thebes is cursed with a plague which will only end if King Laius' murderer is apprehended and exiled from Thebes. ... Throughout the whole tragedy, dramatic irony is very evident. ... Oedipus' only desire in this tragedy is to finally put a stop to this plague, but instead becomes tormented with the reality of his actions. ... In Greek tragedies, the tragic truth is known by the audience, so irony must be apparent in every scene, as to heighten the d...
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Tragedy We see and hear about tragedy every day and we read about it in stories and plays. ... A frequent term used in tragedy is tragic flaw. ... We've witnessed a modern tragedy and read about classic Greek tragedies, and Shakespearean tragedies, and all the protagonists in tragedies have a tragic flaw that creates a predicament for the protagonist. ... These are simply the guidelines of a tragedy that Aristotle set forth for this kind of drama and they primarily make up the theory of what a tragedy should be. ... This tragedy isn't one in the...
Maybe all this applies to tragedies written during the time that Sophocles wrote Oedipus, but when Shakespeare wrote Othello and Hamlet he must have chosen to leave out some of these elements that make a "tragedy". ... How can one say that Oedipus has a mental illness having read the "tragedy"? ... Shakespearian tragedies utilize these villains to add greater dimension to the trgedy. ... Tragedy is a vague term that does not even come close to doing Shakespeare's works justice. ... "Tragedies", indeed, t not just "tragedies", that is the answer....
According to Aristotle, a tragedy is a form of theater that r... ... Tragedies all consist of a hero with one or more inescapable flaws, often several of the seven deadly sins. ... Now and then, we learn from tragedies as common people to avoid making the same errors the tragic heroes make. ... Greek tragedies were not written about common people. ... Antigone could not be a tragedy without Creon; Antigone herself doesn't make much of a tragic figure. ...
Classic Tragedy In the century after Sophocles, the philosopher Aristotle analyzed tragedy. ... What was once thought of as a tragedy is now merely a type of tragedy. Modern tragedies, although exhibiting elements of the classic Greek tragedies, have evolved into more broad and complex drama. ... The poem "Home Burial-, by Robert Frost, is tragedy in modern form as well. ... Instead, it is a poem about life's tragedies "it demonstrates how one tragedy can cause another to occur. ...
Therefore suggest that the future of story will be stormy, or be spoiled (Shakespeare's Stories: Tragedies. 1988, 6 - 7). ... Macbeth is Shakespeare's final tragedy; his flawless use of literary devices may even make Macbeth his finest tragedy. ...
Macbeth is a tragedy because we see this noble character fall into the temptation of evil and eventually capitulate fully to it. ... It is here that the tragedy of Macbeth really begins. ... Macbeth is a tragedy because it tracks the slow degradation of a noble spirit. ... It is this sympathy that well feel for this fallen hero that ultimately makes Macbeth a tragedy in the eyes of the audience. ...