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A 6 page essay that contrasts and compares Jean-Paul Sartre's play " The Flies" and Jean Anouil's "Antigone, a Tragedy," which are both modern adaptations of ancient Greek plays. Examination of these plays demonstrates that, in both cases, a knowledge of Greek mythology, or of the original plays, is incidental to a modern appreciation of the productions. In both cases, the playwrights intended for their adaptations to focus on modern concerns within a present-day context. Where the playwrights differ, primarily, is in their perspective on the principal thematic thrust of each work. While Sartre endorses the concept of resistance to societal institutions that limit freedom, Anouil paints such resistance as basically futile and pointless. No additional sources cited.
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that, in both cases, a knowledge of Greek mythology, or of the original plays, is incidental to a modern appreciation of the productions. In both cases, the playwrights intended
for their adaptations to focus on modern concerns within a present-day context. Where the playwrights differ, primarily, is in their perspective on the principal thematic thrust of each work. While
Sartre endorses the concept of resistance to societal institutions that limit freedom, Anouil paints such resistance as basically futile and pointless. Sartres "The Flies" is based on the third
play in a trilogy by Aeschylus, which are "Agamemnon," "Libation Bearers," and "Eumenides." Collectively, these plays tell the story of the house of Atreus. "The Flies" is based on the
last play in the series, which relates how Agamemnons children, Orestes and Electra return to the city of Argos and enact revenge against their mother and her lover for the
murder of their father. At the end of Aeschylus play, Orestes is absolved from built by an Athenian court, Electra marries and the curse on the family is lifted. Sartres
play differs markedly from the original. In "The Flies," Orestes is the only child of Agamemnon who has been in exile. Electra has been made a servant by Clytemnestra,
her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus approaches them, in disguise as a
mortal, and tells them--and the audience -- the story of how the queen and her lover killed the rightful king fifteen years ago. According to Zeus, the people of Argos
knew that this would happen and did nothing. Therefore, the gods have punished them by sending flies and the people live in a constant state of remorse to atone for
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