CELIA MARIA ARNS.pdf - Universidade Federal do Paraná

non's soldiers; Agamemnon's legendary image has been
built up upon the conquests he has accomplished, but
thousands of lives have been paid for his victories.
In short, according to Orestes' point of view, what
Agamemnon offers ...is an unending chaos which makes
improvement and justice sound suspiciously like de-
struction and rape... CP 76-7)
When Agamemnon informs Orestes that only his
death will involve him and will suck him into his cur-
rent CP 80), the prince realizes that his father is
not a mere dreamer and an unconscious instrument of
destiny but a man who willingly adheres to his des-
tiny.
Agamemnon:
...My death will be a fact - there in front
of you, and you will step neither around nor
over it. CP 80)
Orestes:
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And I thought you a fuddled dreamer who
slaughtered, so to speak, by accident. CP 83)
Agamemnon:
One can be conscious of all and still dream,
Orestes. CP 83)
Orestes defends his point of view to the end
when he says, ...his death will harm no one. CP 84) But
when Aegisthus enters with his soldiers to kill Aga-
memnon, Orestes tries to interfere saying that Agamem-