![]() However, it is ultimately Orestes’ duty to the god, Apollo, which leads him to murder his mother. ![]() By murdering Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Orestes is paying respect to Agamemnon and allowing him to have the honourable death he deserved. They feel that if their father had fallen at Troy he would have “left behind such glory,” but because he “died horribly dishonoured,” they owe it to him to avenge his death. In this essay I plan to evaluate how the environment in which a person is born can affect their moral views based on cultural, religious and parental beliefs, and how these beliefs are all relative to the time we live in.Įlectra’s and Orestes’ motives are based on two duties: duty to their dead father and a duty to the gods. ![]() In Aeschylus’ play The Libation Bearers the motivations of Electra and Orestes are formed out of a responsibility to honour their father, and uphold their promises to the gods out of a fear of possible punishment. ![]()
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