Agamemnon Research Paper

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Picture hundreds to thousands of people chanting for you as you recommence from battle victoriously. Upon your arrival, a fiesta is being held in your honor. Your partner is so amazed to see you and there is a big fest made just for you. That life sounds prodigious. Honest to say anyone would be honored to have this happen to them in a lifetime. In the past, modern times, one would think that one who got that kind of attention would be one who is victoriously famous. While the mass attention they get may seem phenomenal, some get caught up in all the rate of fame and don’t know how to acknowledge or respond to it. Without knowing how to handle this pride could possibly lead to dangerous situations and complications.
This is precisely what physical and emotionally happens to Agamemnon. Through the play ‘The Agamemnon’ shows that Agamemnon, himself, suffers from the sin of Hubris. He allows him to imagine that he is preeminent. Hubris also allows his self-dignity to rise when he hears reassurance in compliments about himself from the …show more content…
With the play being set Greece, the polytheistic lifestyle is apparent as the culture would have seen the play to be effortlessly believable; the entire audience would have been familiar with the various Gods and Goddesses as being familiar with the situation that begins the play: The Trojan War. Aeschylus was also able to reveal the mindset of morality, revenge, and justice through the other characters actions and dialogue; the idea of jealousy and revenge is mainly distinguished and was common for one generation of a family to take revenge upon a wrong done in a previous generation (Constantakis), such as Aegisthus as he pursues revenge for his father through the act of first degree murder:
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