'Gender and Sexism in the Oresteia'

' finishedout the Oresteia, Aeschylus portrays sex as a socially erratic issue that results in increasing miasma within the admit of Atreus. Aeschylus engages the cultural importee behind such(prenominal) male chauvinist disputes by depicting gender-based opposition among Greeks who feel jeopardize when another(prenominal)s do not maintain their expect masculine and fair sexly identities. However, he indicates that when wo man post do act accordingly, they be still wasted from both manpower and other wo manpower. Through his portrayal of sexist double standards and societys rejection of diverse gender expression, Aeschylus exposes the widespread, inequitable underestimation of females, who in the end, ironi watchwordy deliver authority. \nFor an A consequentlyian citizen, power and strength ar essential qualities to get hold of in identify to be value; yet such traits are deemed in addition masculine for women and then are further celebrated when men obtain th em. For example, Agamemnon is salubrious regarded for representing the culturally elevated sense of manliness for fighting at Troy and reverting home base safely, while, Aegisthus on the other hand, is mocked for his weak, unmanful qualities. In The Libation Bearers, Orestes honors the soldiers efforts and then ridicules Aegisthuss unmanly complacency, saying, Besides, the leave out of patrimony presses ponderous; and my compatriots, the glory of men who toppled Troy with restiveness of singing steel, go at the beck and call of a stabilise of women. Woman-hearted he is (Aes., Ag., ll. 307-311). Aeschylus specifically uses this quote to arrangement Orestess disapproval of Aegisthus who waistcloth at home under the principle of Clytemnestra, while other real men like Agamemnon view as Athens. \nHowever, Aeschylus also highlights Orestess misogynistic views towards his own mother, a vista that resurfaces. For instance, Orestes maintains these views even when he disguises himself as a foreigner to realise his mother: incur out! Whoever rules the house. The woman in charge. No, the man, bet...'