ENG 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Clytemnestra, Fokker E.Ii, Sigurd
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Is medea a composite of the male and female leads in agamemnon: willing to kill her children like agamemnon a. i. Agamemnon wants to help his homeland but medea really has no reason to kill her children a. i. 1. She said her enemies will kill them if she doesn"t but that is not necessarily the truth: wants to murder husband like clytemnestra. It is hard to feel sorry for medea, as she wants to kill her children, but it"s also hard to feel sorry for jason, too. So who is the tragic protagonist: the only children you can feel sorry for are the children, depends on the audience b. i. Similar to how agamemnon arrives way too early than it is realistically possible: three unities according to artistotle d. i. Time: all the action is supposed to take place within 24 hours d. ii. Place: all the action is supposed to take place in one setting d. iii.
