Aeschylus's the OresteiaHarold Bloom |
Contents
Contents | 5 |
The Commos in the LibationBearers | 31 |
Myth | 47 |
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action Aegisthus Aeschylus Aeschylus's Agamemnon already animal Apollo appear argument Athena audience becomes beginning blood bring called Cassandra cause child Chorus close Clytemnestra commos crime darkness death described divine effect Electra emotional Erinyes Eumenides expressed eyes fact father fear feel female final force Fraenkel function Furies gives gods Greek Greek tragedy hand heart human hunt imagination issue justice killed kind king less Libation-Bearers light living male matriarchy meaning mind Misogyny mother murder myth nature offering once opening Oresteia Orestes palace parent perhaps Persians pity play political present question reference represents ritual says scene seems seen sense sexual significance social song speak speech stands suggests symbolism theme thought tragedy trilogy Troy true turn University vengeance whole woman women Zeus