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The Oresteia
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contains a string of bloody acts, all resulting from one conflicted decision. Because of this decision, Iphigeneia dies, Agamemnon dies, and Clytaemestra dies. The bloodshed is tragic because the slaughtering is all within one family. The decision that provokes the other decisions is Agamemnon's settlement on sacrificing Iphigeneia. As a resu ....
Middle of paper ....heir quest to overthrow Troy. Agamemnon has the same warrior-mentality as his soldiers when it comes to making the decision, as evidenced by his thoughts: "How shall I fail my ships and lose my faith of battle? For them to urge such sacrifice of innocent blood angrily, for their wrath is great-it is right. May all be well yet" (Aeschylus, 212-21.... |
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