CLASSIC 36B Lecture 16: lec 16 - classics 36b
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He knows he has to kill her, no choice. And he knows the consequence, whether someone has to kill him or he doesn"t want to li-e. After these passages are finished, electra and orestes repear many themes of kommos. Importance of oikos (=household) and its proper leadership in their words. If we li-e and you are not dead , his son is responsible for caring on family"s fault. Now they make their plan, theyre going to use deceit and pretend that orestes is dead. Aegisthus is again the focus of re-enge, this is oreste gi-ing options on how to kill. Choral ode: chorus sings of the destruction that results when woman are capti-e to their passions. They go on to mention mythical descipable womena s paradigms. Athenian were incapable of mastering passion and when try they do crazy things. Note that clytemanaestra and aegisthus are embedded within these mythological exemplars in strophe 3.
