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  • Iphigenia, Examines the Relationship of Religion in the Classical Tragedy Iphigenia, and also Includes Modern Day Examples of Religious Corruption

     

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Published: 01.10.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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The gods do not affect the fates of the characters in Iphigenia. The gods do serve other purposes though. For instance, the gods are used by all the high ranking characters to control the army. Calchas uses that to control Agamemnon. Finally, the play-write, who wrote the play when the whole idea of the gods was starting to be questioned; he is trying to show what happens when people blindly follow religion.
Agamemnon, Calchas, and the other characters who hold power over the people all question the existence of the gods. When the winds don't come for many days, and the army is restless, Agamemnon sends Calchas to the oracle to find out what the gods want him to do to get wind. …

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