Gender Roles In Oresteia By Aeschylus

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Throughout the “Oresteia”, Aeschylus depicts gender as a social issue that causes harmful effects within the House of Atreus. Aeschylus draws the cultural significance behind these plays by showing gender-based competition among people who feel intimidated when others do not act within their expected gender identities. Also, in the book Aeschylus indicates that even though women do act appropriately, they are still scorned by men and other women. Through Aeschylus’ depiction of sexist double standards and society’s bias on diverse gender expression, Aeschylus reveals the unjust belittlement towards women, who in the ned, ironically possess authority.

In the book, for most of the Athenian citizens, strength and power are the

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