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Analysis of Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus

Around, around, in airy rings, / They wheel with oarage of their wings" (Agamemnon, 2002). The image of the birds, circling over ...

Comparative Analysis of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth and Aeschylus's Clytamaenestra

In six pages these infamous female antagonists are compared in order to determine whether or not Shakespeare borrowed from Aeschyl...

The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus and Virgil's Aeneid

values that had defined Homers story of the war to capture Troy. Aeneas reluctance to leave his native city is therefore both "a ...

Death in Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' and Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood' 2

In two pages this essay examines how the theme of death is depicted in these two literary works....

Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Flies' and Aeschylus's 'Oresteia'

Electra, another daughter, lives on with her mother, but despises her for her awful deed. Orestes returns and is goaded by Electra...

O'Neill's Electra and Aeschylus's Oresteia

In this paper consisting of eight pages the structural similarities and differences between these two works in terms of thematic c...

O'Neill and Aeschylus Comparative Analysis of Electra and Oresteia

seeks revenge against his brother, by killing two of his nephews (Thyrestis sons) and serving them up to their father in a royal b...

Trilogy by Aeschylus and Justice

as a spoil of war. Her first husband had been killed by Agamemnon and her child killed in front of her. It can be said that she ha...

Oresteia by Aeschylus and Gender Dynamics

and Aeschylus, we have a much stronger sense of this woman. She was the daughter of a king that Agamemnon had visited in earlier ...

Metaphors in 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of five pages the argument presented is that metaphors especially bird metaphors are employed to represen...

Agamemnon and 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

This paper consists of five pages and considers how Cassandra's rendition of events represents a play within a play as her word im...

Chorus Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' vs. Hazel Motes in Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood'

In four pages this essay analyzes the differences between the Chorus and Hazel Motes in the finales of these works. There is no b...

Oresteia

the thematic meaning by indulging in revenge and violence, the characters are behaving more in terms of instinctual, animal behavi...

Classical Greek Drama and the Works of Sophocles and Aeschylus

This paper examines the classical works represented by Sophocles' Theban plays and Aeschylus's The Oresteia in 5 pages. Three sou...

Responsibility and Fate According to Greek Perceptions

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

Aeschylus and Plato on Justice

works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...

Aeschylus on Women in Eumenides and Agamemnon

This paper examines Aeschylus's views on women in an analysis of The Eumenides and Agamemnon. There is one other source cited in ...

Orestia by Aeschylus and the Role of Cassandra

In five pages Cassandra's role or roles within the context of Aeschylus's play is examined. There are no other sources listed....

'Libation Bearers' and 'Manchurian Candidate'

This is a paper that is 5 pages in length and draws parallel's between Aeschylus's work in the fifth century and the twentieth cen...

Responsibility for One's Actions and 'Prometheus Bound' by Aeschylus

In five pages this paper analyzes whether Aeschylus's title character is in some way responsible for his dilemma and argues that h...

The Murder of Agamemnon

and should never be murdered. But, in the days that this work was written we are supposed to understand that a womans place was no...

Najib Mahfuz's The Cairo Trilogy and Themes

the characteristics of critiques modern society and this can be seen strongly in the style of Mahfuz and the way in which he prese...

Identity in 'The New York Trilogy' by Paul Auster

to Quinn because they allow him to temporarily lose his identity. By walking, he could leave "himself behind," and simply give him...

Oedipus and Antigone

her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...

Comparative Analysis of the Bible, 'The Odyssey,' and the Oresteia

In six pages and three parts a comparative analysis of these literary works considers 3 different topics. There are no other sour...

Comparative Character Analysis of Niobe and Clytemnestra in The Oresteia

of what the Greek gods did to human beings when offended. Niobe was a proud mother of many children and she bragged that she had m...

Analysis of Agamemnon by Aeschylus

First, the author wanted to convey something political. It was a time when democracy was rising and this type of government was at...

Classical Literature Identity Questions

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

Euripides' Hippolytus, Iphigenia in Tauris” and Alcestis and Aeschylus The Oresteia, Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Eumenides and Tragic Drama

specifically tailored their works to suit the tastes of their Athenian audiences, mirroring the "fears, tensions, and potential vi...

Federico Garcia Lorca/Play Trilogy

intended and his mother, she bites her hand in frustration in "inexpressible rage and desire" (Jones and Jones, nd, p. 13). During...