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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the use of mistaken identity and deception in two works by Oscar Wilde and Aeschylus. Quotes cited from the texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, and Agamemnon by Aeschylus, are built. Mistaken identity, deception, misperceptions are all part of the guise designed to further the tension of the plotline until
its high impact ending. These elements are readily seen in both Wilde and Aeschylus plays. In Agamemnon the overall theme is that of the desire for power over reason and
humanity. This theme is reiterated in all of the major relationships throughout the play and more poignantly because most of the major plays for power are made between family members.
One is offered foreshadowing in Agamemnon that all is not as it seems, that deception is in the air and betrayal will be the game of the day. Everything
that is considered to be virtuous is perverted and changed from light to dark, even though its outward appearance is that of normalcy and truth. Clytemnestra will be one of
those whose change is the most dramatic. The first deception comes at the hands of Agamemnon, however. He invites Clytemnestra and her favored daughter, Iphigeneia, to the shores to
visit him before they set sail. Unknown to Iphigeneia and Clytemnestra he has deceived them. In order to fight he must sacrifice his daughter. This he does and sets into
motion the rest of the grounds for the deceit in the play. As Clytemnestra watches her daughter butchered at the hands of her husband, she vows revenge. After
he returns home from the long and successful war, she prepares a feast, throws a royal welcome, and kills him in front of the attendants in the throne room. She
deceives him by allowing him to believe that she has missed him and that he can easily take back his throne from her. In many ways, Clytemnestra is a most
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