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"Electra" ( Sophocles )
Essay # 12873
"Electra" ( Sophocles )
Feminist critique of Clytemnestra, Electra's evil mother.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
6 sources |
1997
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"The figure of Clytemnestra in Sophocles' tragic play Electra seems ready-made for a feminist critique, or for a critique from any school which seeks to advance a cause based on morality or integrity. Clytemnestra appears to embody every human sin, every human weakness, every human evil imaginable. As Meyer Reinhold writes, "Clytemnestra's character has been completely blackened by Sophocles in this play" (57). Reinhold adds that Clytemnestra is "delineated as completely evil" (59). Clytemnestra has taken part in the murder of her husband Agamemnon, has married Aegisthus, the other murdering conspirator, has mocked and made life hell for her daughter Electra because Electra will not let her mother forget her horrible crimes, and shows nothing but delight when she is tricked into believing that her son Orestes is dead. Clytemnestra believes that Orestes was the last real.."More papers on "Electra" ( Sophocles ):
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"Electra" ( Sophocles ) (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Electra-Sophocles/12873
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