The Oresteian Trilogy
The growing green grass, inching its way up towards the heavens. The warm, oozing apple pie that mom just put in the oven, gurgling and bubbling as it cooks in the heat. The baby bird that, after so much preparation, has finally learned to fly away from its nest and from it's mother. What do these situations have in common? The answer is simple: change. But what is change, and how does it affect the world today? The Oresteian Trilogy invites the readers into the dawn of a new era for women, and the rocky climb to a new justice system. Who is more dominant, a man or a woman? That all depends on what time period and who the reader is asking. In the time period of the play, men were known to be more dominant, but then came Clytemnestra, queen of Argos. Clytemnestra knew she was strong and able to rule, and when her time came she was ready to serve Zeus: "Zeus, Zeus, Fulfiller! Now fulfil these prayers of mine!" (76) She was a dangerous woman, although beneath her venom was a deep, inconsolable pain. This pain was caused by her husband Agamemnon, when he sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenia, in order to complete the capture of Troy. Agamemnon was not your typical guy either. He portrays himself as an over-m
This understanding that women can be just as domineering as men took women to new heights. Starting a new trend, women became someone instead of staying at home doing dishes. Beginning from as early as this play, women have gotten to where we are today. Changing slowly, hopefully one day women will be equal to the "almighty man". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ While both of these themes, women's power and the justice system, started out as problems for the Greeks, they have truly made our world, today, a better place. The book states in two ways these types of changes: "the doer must suffer, and by suffering man learns" (22), and "cry sorrow, sorrow - yet let good prevail" (45). The first quote, about suffering, shows that in order to change for the better, one must see the reason for change, "Live and learn." The second quote, about sorrow, shows that even though bad things happen, goodness comes out of it, "man must suffer to be wise." (48) So, what is change and how does it affect the world today? Easy, accepting loss and making it better, only to have it rise again, is a change for the better, which is what the play demonstrates to the readers in many different forms. Changing for the better is the reason our world has grown to what it is now and what it will continue to grow into for future generations. Our mistakes wil
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Approximate Word count = 937
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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