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- Title
Klytaimestra Tyrannos: Fear and Tyranny in Aeschylus’s Oresteia (with a Brief Comparison with Macbeth).
- Authors
BIERL, ANTON
- Abstract
A literary criticism is presented in which the author reviews the play "Oresteia" by Aeschylus and considers it in relationship to William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth."In this article the author analyses the significance of the language used by Aeschylus, and also distinguishes the style of writing in the drama from his other creations. The article also describes the meaning of fear and tyranny in this play.
- Subjects
ORESTEIA (Play : Aeschylus); MACBETH (Play : Shakespeare); AESCHYLUS, ca. 525/524 B.C.-455/456 B.C.; COMPARATIVE literature, Classical &; modern; FEAR in literature; DESPOTISM in literature
- Publication
Comparative Drama, 2017, Vol 51, Issue 4, p528
- ISSN
0010-4078
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/cdr.2017.0042