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CELIA MARIA ARNS.pdf - Universidade Federal do Paraná

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is no dream. CP 37) Orestes <strong>do</strong>es not receive his father<br />

well. He throws direct charges at him and afterwards<br />

he leaves the room and his family there: ...I wonder<br />

that you're now here -playing the loving father who's<br />

missed his dear family... (P 40) Agamemnon is disap-<br />

pointed with Orestes' words and <strong>do</strong>es not understand<br />

his son's strange behavior: But why should he behave<br />

in such a way?... (P 41)to which Clytemnestra replies:<br />

He simply is not anxious to en<strong>do</strong>rse you either as a<br />

father or king. CP 41) Electra tries to defend her<br />

father during the conversation:<br />

Electra:<br />

26<br />

Orestes} stop it. There are enough here who<br />

will say oruel things to him. CP 40)<br />

Father3 <strong>do</strong>n't listen to what she'll tell you.<br />

Orestes was play-acting. He loves you and is<br />

happy over your return3 I know that he is.<br />

CP 41)<br />

Afterwards Clytemnestra wants to have a private<br />

conversation with the king and asks Electra to leave<br />

them alone. Electra <strong>do</strong>es so under protest. Agamemnon<br />

and Clytemnestra argue roughly: Clytemnestra makes<br />

clear that her feelings have changed during the last<br />

ten years and that she has a lover. Clytemnestra <strong>do</strong>es<br />

not reveal who her lover is but Agamemnon wants to meet<br />

him: ...Can I not meet this one who proved himself the<br />

better man to Agamemnon's wife? CP 46)<br />

The next part is characterized by a long rheto-

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