Genre
Collection of translated stories.
Setting and Context
The action in the story "Electra" takes place in Argos in the distant past.
Narrator and Point of View
In each of the stories, the action is told from the perspective of a third-person objective point of view.
Tone and Mood
The tone and mood in the stories is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in "Electra" is Orestes and the antagonist is his own mother.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "If Not, Winter: Fragment of Sappho" is between winter and spring or rather between happiness and misery.
Climax
The story "Iphigenia Among the Taurians" reaches its climax when Iphigenia and her brother are reunited.
Foreshadowing
The death of Hercules in "Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides" is foreshadowed by his act of killing his whole family.
Understatement
At the begining of the story "Iphigenia Among the Taurians" the narrator claims that Iphigenia was killed by her own parents. This is however proven to be an understatement when the narrator reveals that in reality, the girl was safe and sound.
Allusions
The main allusions we find in all the stories is the idea that power can corrupt anyone and that is extremely dangerous because it pushes people to do horrendous things.
Imagery
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Paradox
The main paradox we find in "Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides" is the idea that Hercules kills his own family even though he loves them more than anything else.
Parallelism
In most of the translated stories, the narrator draws a parallel between the Gods and the people they rule over. This parallel is an important one and is used to transmit the idea that the Gods are ruthless and even if they claim that they are better than normal humans, they are, in fact, much worse.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term "blood" is used in every story as a general way through which the narrator makes reference to the idea of pain and suffering.
Personification
We have a personification in the story "Orestes" in the line "the sky cried with anguish".
