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Oresteia
Title: Oresteia
Category: History
Details: Words: 1028 | Pages: 4.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Oresteia
Points of View
Aeschylus faces off with Euripides in a dramatic contest and is declared the victor. The decision is one of cosmetics more than substance. Aeschylus wrote plays that appealed to the people of Athens. The Oresteia is a story with strong characters faced with difficult decisions in which justice prevails. On the other hand, Euripides wrote plays that were more realistic, such as The Electra, which reveals the weakness of men and women. …showed first 75 words of 1028 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1028 total…a play of heroic actions, noble characters, and the development of justice, which is a very pleasing image for Athenians. Euripides, on the other hand, questions the nobility of wealth and the actions of his “heroic” characters. Also, Euripides writes some daring, unpopular things in his plays, such as the scene in The Trojan Women when issues far more than Aeschylus does and that is why he would be better suited to save Athens.
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