western literature 11

What is all about 

Agamemnon--man and suffering
Oedipus the king--fate and escape
Medea--inner emotion of passion, love, vengeance. clash between family and divine perspective. domestic wrangling, moral and psychological weakness.

Deus ex machina

It is a Latin calque from Greek , meaning "god from the machine".The term has evolved to mean a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability or object. Depending on how it is done, it can be intended to move the story forward when the writer has "painted himself into a corner" and sees no other way out, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a happy ending, or as a comedic device. Aeschylus used the device in his Eumenides, but it was with Euripides that it became an established stage machine.

Golden Fleece

In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-hair winged ram, which was held in Colchis. The fleece is a symbol of authority and kingship. It figures in the tale of the hero Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece by order of King Pelias, in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly. Through the help of Medea, they acquire the Golden Fleece. The story is of great antiquity and was current in the time of Homer (eighth century BC). It survives in various forms, among which the details vary.

Jason 

Jason was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was famous for his role as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea.

Argonauts

The Argonauts  were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, Argo, named after its builder,Argus. "Argonauts" literally means "Argo sailors". 

Creon 

Creon is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. 

Greek chorus

A Greek chorus is a homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action. The chorus consisted of between 12 and 50 players, who variously danced, sang or spoke their lines in unison and sometimes wore masks.

words

infidelity-unfaithfulness; disloyalty.
-fid:trust
confidence