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Justice In Orestes
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Aeschylus is primarily concerned with the nature of justice. In the trilogy The
Oresteia, the Akhaians evolve from an older, more primitive autocratic form of
justice, to a new concept of civil justice devised by Athena. He confronts the
contrast between the old and new orders, the lives of the m ....
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....iece of justice. Done is done." (Agamemnon lines 1429-1431) This
shows a clear morality behind Clytaemnestra's motives. She appears to have
justification for her actions. The curse on the House of Atreus is fulfilled.
In the last lines of Agamemnon the chorus foreshadows Orestes' return.
Clytaemnestra responds by saying to her new husband, "We will set the house in
order once for all." (Agamemnon lines 1708) The chorus's purpose for suggesting
Orestes's return is to show that the house is not.... |
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