Gender Issues in Aeschylus Trilogy - 852 Words

Sibghat Ullah Professor Qayyum Bhatti Research Methodology 6 January 2013 Gender Issues In Aeschylus Trilogy ABSTRACT Throughout human history gender issues have remained a common and important topic of debate.Gender conflict has played very crucial role in the history and destiny of mankind.This essay analyzes the conflicting issues between genders in Aeschylus trilogy Orestia i-e man woman relationship,women status,their efforts for identity and patriarchical system in Greece,gods and goddeses,conflict between husband and wife,clash of male and female values,rivalry between male and female deities,misunderstanding between sexes and gender roles. Keywords : Gender, issues, conflicts. INTRODUCTION†¦show more content†¦In the second play of trilogy, Libation Bearers, the hero Orestes is in conflict with his mother Clytaemnestra.She tries to escape death and puts sad face on her(Oresteia 2.275-276). He wants to kill her because she has killed his father Agamemnon and she had an illicit relation with Aegisthus,the cousin of her husband Agamemnon.He himself is confused whether to murder his mother or not.Apollo asks himShow MoreRelatedEssay about Eumenides - Importance of Gender in Aeschylus Oresteia3670 Words   |  15 PagesThe Importance of Gender in Aeschylus Oresteia      Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Gender is made explicit as a theme throughout the Oresteia through a series of male-female conflicts and incorrectly gendered characters dominated by the figure of Clytemnestra, a woman out of place. This opposition of gender then engenders all the other oppositions of the trilogy; conflicts of oikos and polis, chthonic and Olympian, old and young can be assigned to female and male spheres respectively.   In this essay I will look at howRead MoreGreek Influence on the Modern Day Theater2816 Words   |  12 Pagesof theater and its many accomplishments greatly influenced the modern day theater and entertainment. Staring with the evolution of theater and how it evolved from religious groups in ancient Greece. There were also many great playwrights, such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, who opened the doors to a world of art. Even the construction of a play and the major types of plays, such as tragedy and comedy, are still used to this day. The way th e characters or actors and costume evolved from suchRead MoreShakespeare and Cultural Hegemony Essay1842 Words   |  8 Pageshe was imprisoned within a fascist jail in the 1920s.2 Creating a sexist doctrine that rules over early societies it filters itself into the pages of some of the most renowned historical pieces of literature. The Iliad by Homer, the Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus, the Old Testament, and Decameron by Boccaccio can all be studied from a feminist viewpoint in criticism of their show of masculine hegemony. Eternally famous playwright and innovator of our English language William Shakespeare is the firstRead Moretheme of alienation n no where man by kamala markandeya23279 Words   |  94 Pagesthe audience here experiences the same â€Å"calm of mind, all passions spent.† Author Information Life of Sophocles (circa 496-406 B.C.) Sophocles was chronologically the second of the trinity of great Greek tragedians, the other two being Aeschylus and Euripides. He was born at Colonus, a pleasant rural suburb of Athens, (probably in 496 B.C.) and died there, ninety years later. His father, Sophilius, manufactured armor for a living. As a boy, Sophocles won prizes for both wrestling and