HUMA 1105 Lecture 34: Aeschylus' The Agamemnon
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Dike - justice: transformation of dike as revenge to dike as legal justice (750-760, evil spawning more evil spawning more evil. Elements of the oresteia: the skene. Something can happen that usually the audience doesn"t see: the chorus. 12 argive elders - they are narrating the agamemnon - people who are left behind and didn"t go to war because they were too old at the time - oldest people left in the area. They act as a collective who share an opinion - act as character and narrater. Aristotles poetics 18: the chorus too should be regarded as one of the actors; it should be an integral part of the whole and share in the action. : the orchestra: the dancing place . Antistrophe: turn against: those left behind (431-435) Letting public opinion soar while spreading news. Monday, january 30, 2017: those left behind (445-560) Women are not just to blame it is also the leaders to blame.
