ENGL 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Heinrich Schliemann, Clytemnestra, Oresteia
19 Apr 2016
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Peripeteia (reversal of fortune brought about by the hero"s error or judgement. Anagnorisis (discovery or recognition that the reversal was brought about by the error of judgement) Noble, but flawed: refuses to believe the king and queen are not his real parents, has trouble controlling his temper, didn"t ask the oracle where his home was. Discovers his fate through his own actions. Kills his father, marries and has children with his mother, curses his sons who both die: find the person who killed the king, set a price on their head. Buries her brother, which is illegal > penalty is death. Knows he is responsible for everything that has happened. Guiltless because he did everything without knowing. He went to a banquet with the gods. Decided to play a trick on them > took his son pelops, cut him up, made him into a ste and served it to.
