The Flies (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Existentialism
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Argos, Greece
- Principal Characters: Orestes, Electra, Clytemnestra, Aegistheus, The Pedagogue, Zeus, The Erinyes
- Genres: Existential literature, Drama
- Subjects: France or French people, World War II, Gods or goddesses, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Argos, ancient
The Story:
Fifteen years had passed since the slaying of Agamemnon. Orestes, Agamemnon’s son, arrived in Argos with his tutor. He traveled under another name, for Aegistheus, who had ruled in Argos since killing Agamemnon, had ordered him killed while he was still a young child. Orestes, however, had been saved, and reared by wealthy Athenians. Orestes was anxious to visit Argos, for his mother, Clytemnestra, now shared the throne with Aegistheus. His sister Electra was also still in Argos. Orestes arrived, not as one seeking vengeance, but as a tourist. Young, rich,...
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