{"product_id":"archetypal-simulacra-von-andrea-doyle","title":"Archetypal Simulacra","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Oresteia of Aeschylus, the female characters  meet with one of five different fates: vilification,  silencing or erasure from the text, metamorphosis,  sacrifice or murder.This study postulates a  connection between the female characters of  Aeschylus'' drama,the mythical archetypes of women  found in myth and the fates suffered by each  character.The focus in this dissertation is the  depiction of female characters in the Oresteia. It  investigates how Aeschylus used traditional myths  and depictions of women in myth and what the extent  and purpose was of his mythopoesis. The study  concludes that Aeschylus adapts myth in such a way  that it underpins and justifies the patriarchal  structures. He changes or eradicates his female  characters who threaten to reject these strictures.  He supplies us with female figures who support the  male cause while he violently negates those women  who threaten to damage male authority. The  playwright has used the plasticity of traditional  myth to support the society of Athens with its  attitudes and fears regarding the feminine Other who  exists in its shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838357010\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Women of Aeschylus'' Oresteia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838357010","offer_id":39469142802525,"sku":"9783838357010","price":79.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/4190f862-d45b-475c-a0d8-d87f89a0803c.jpg?v=1758948354","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/archetypal-simulacra-von-andrea-doyle","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}