HONR 1101 Lecture Notes - Oresteia, Clytemnestra
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In the movie, there are a lot of similar themes and motifs that we saw in homer and the other things we"ve read this semester. For example, there is the motif of honor/glory. Menelaus and agamemnon argue about honor when they are arguing about what to do with the oracle. Also, when achilles finds out that agamemnon used him as bait, he is furious because he thinks that. Agamemnon has ruined his name and humiliated his honor by involving him in such a horrible deed. Then, towards the end (but before she decides to present herself for sacrifice) iphigenia challenges the worth of glory. It"s better to be unhappy and alive than dead and glorified . Also present is the conflict between war/warrior values vs. family and personal values/ethos.
