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A 3 page analysis of the significance of “Iphigenia at Ilium” in Sherrie S. Tepper’s “The Gate to Women’s Country.” No additional sources cited.
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after total chaos and social devastation. The world is essentially divided into towns, fortresses, where women live and control the society, and the outer walls that are protected by men.
The men come into the fortresses once a year for procreation, and so that mothers and sons can perhaps relate. But, aside from one time of the year, they are
separated unless a man chooses to live within as a servant of women. Throughout this novel there is a reoccurring play that offers the theme of the novel. The play
is "Iphigenia at Ilium" and it depicts incidents revolving around the Trojan War. The following paper examines what this play means to the women, and the significance of the play.
Iphigenia at Ilium In the beginning of the novel we are presented with the time just prior to the gathering of men and women and the time of
the play. One character, Stavia, walks the compound and seeing herself as nothing but an actor. She looks upon the spot where she will play a character and the narrator
states, "Stavia would play the part of Iphigenia...Not play, she thought. Do. Do the part. As someone had to do it" (Tepper 2). In this we see that there is
an urgency to the need of this plays production. It is not simply play, it is crucially required to become a part of this play, a play that supports the
social system they have erected. We then note how Stavia thinks of her son, a boy that has come to be with her once a year, but now he
is fifteen and she can no longer think of him as her son, or a child, for "now, she must guard against speaking to that child, for this was no
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