Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Agamemnon (458 B.C.) Background: This is the first play of the Oresteia. It contains little dramatic action. The first half of the play, up to the entrance of Agamemnon, is devoted almost entirely to exposition, preparation, and foreshadowing. The dramatic climax is reached in the verbal dual between Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the turning point is Agamemnon's surrender to his wife in the matter of walking on the tapestries, and the emotional climax comes with the prophetic ravings of Cassandra and the death cries of Agamemnon, which follow almost at once. The tragic f...
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