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Tragic Ambitions
Title: Tragic Ambitions
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1373 | Pages: 5.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Tragic Ambitions
Tragic Ambitions
Aeschylus’ Oresteia conveys particular ethical and political testimonials about society in order to idealize certain morals or to assure conformity. In Agamemnon, protagonists grapple with particular conflicts that pertain to a certain virtuous code. Agamemnon deals with issues of what ought to be, good breeding, and kinship. However, the play itself does so in a way that mystifies the auditor; Agamemnon makes it impracticable to ascertain who exactly the protagonists and antagonists are. …showed first 75 words of 1373 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1373 total…view Agamemnon from multiple perspectives. At times he is depicted as moral, and at other times, the opposite. Although presented very briefly in the play, his ambitions are the reasons for much of the conflict in the play in regards to the other characters. Moreover, Agamemnon's hopeless dilemma to seek vengeance through the use of violence will continue to set the stage for dilemmas to come, therefore making ambition a principle theme that infects Agamemnon.
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