CLA204H1 Final: Exam Review
Document Summary
Greek tragedy about the madness of heracles in which he returns from his labors and is driven to kill his wife and sons. Concerned with crises of faith and a highly ironic skepticism towards the truth of mythological stories on the part of heracles. Heracles in which he is driven to kill his wife and sons and performs labors to redeem himself. Medea, who kills jason"s new bride and her own sons in response to jason"s betrayal. Medea speaks on the plight of women; the play may or may not ultimately have a feminist message. Part iii of the oresetia, in which orestes is tried for killing his mother in. Athens while the furies act as the prosecution. The proceedings form the basis for athens" legal system, and weighs the merits of organized versus traditional, unwritten codes of justice. Roman epic detailing the founding of rome by aeneas, a trojan warrior.
