(Electra)fying Realities- Hannah Schofield
Murder. Murder. Murder. And more murder. After reading this play, that is all my thoughts would revolve around. But have we stopped to consider how hard murder would be to actually commit? Hopefully, as of thus far, I hope no one in our class would know how hard it is. Personally, I read all of these scenarios and pictured the basic Hollywood version of murder equipped with dramatic gasps and grossly horrid sounds. It becomes almost normal, almost accepted. How quickly we are to look over the morbid reality of what these vengeance-seeking characters are truly doing. Albeit, the characters are fictitious, but when it comes down to it, Clytaemnestra watched as the life drained from her husband's eyes just as she felt the blood splatter on the ground after she struck down Cassandra. Orestes probably had to wash Aegisthus's blood out of his clothes just as he had to wash his blade of Clytaemnestra's blood. It is gruesome and repugnant, but, frankly stated, it is the verity of killing someone.
On another note, I felt as if Agamemnon was given entirely too much credit for being a good fellow. I was a bit confused when Electra and Orestes stood at his grave grieving so pitifully and stating things such as,
"You were the king of kings when you drew breath;
the mace you held could make men kneel or die. (194/line 360)"
Why morn so hard over the same man that killed your sister not so long ago? Why seek revenge so passionately for a man so willing to kill his own flesh and blood? He certainly was not up for the "Dad of the Year" title by any means, and I can not imagine he actually put forth the time to raise them and nurture them.
All of this killing and revenge just goes to show how easy it is for humans to get caught up in their emotions and act upon them with no self-control.
I know my take on this play is a tad abnormal but once I started to ponder it, I could not help but put my thoughts to words.
P.S. my favorite part of these blogs are naming them if y'all can't tell :)
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On another note, I felt as if Agamemnon was given entirely too much credit for being a good fellow. I was a bit confused when Electra and Orestes stood at his grave grieving so pitifully and stating things such as,
"You were the king of kings when you drew breath;
the mace you held could make men kneel or die. (194/line 360)"
Why morn so hard over the same man that killed your sister not so long ago? Why seek revenge so passionately for a man so willing to kill his own flesh and blood? He certainly was not up for the "Dad of the Year" title by any means, and I can not imagine he actually put forth the time to raise them and nurture them.
All of this killing and revenge just goes to show how easy it is for humans to get caught up in their emotions and act upon them with no self-control.
I know my take on this play is a tad abnormal but once I started to ponder it, I could not help but put my thoughts to words.
P.S. my favorite part of these blogs are naming them if y'all can't tell :)
Commented on: AnnaKate's & Addison's
I feel you on the fact that murder has been downplayed through hte use of cinama. I have been very angery in my life and i have had very good reasons for my emotions, but even then i could never imagine watching the life leave that persons eyes. Hopefully, that speaks to my character, or it may actually speak more to Cly and Ore's characters. Also, orestes hasnt seen his sister since they were children, so we can safely assume that the kids are of Ag's side because 'he was only following the gods' commands' Just a little thought.
ReplyDeleteFirst thing I would to say when I saw your title my mind went to John Tavolta in Grease so now I have that song stuck in my head. Anyways, I definitely feel murder was way too common here and it became almost normal. I just don’t see how it can not affect them especially since that’s family. It is like they’re stabbing each other in the back but it’s literally stabbing to kill them just not in the back as betrayal.
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