Moral responsibility Oresteia

there many didactic motives in oresteia, 1 of them being matter of moral responsibility. characters in play face difficulty when comes accepting blame actions. 2 main characters prime examples of orestes , agamemnon. moral responsibility status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment act or omission, in accordance 1 s moral obligations. concept, however, not equivalent legal responsibility , should viewed , treated differently. can argued agamemnon did not accept moral responsibility sacrificing daughter, iphigenia, in order able sail troy without wind interfering. not mean agamemnon not morally responsible. both sides of argument stand; because of circumstances surrounding actions, agamemnon cannot seen morally responsible, or, no matter circumstances, morally responsible killing daughter. orestes’ moral responsibility can argued, can said took moral responsibility act of matricide. however, apollo stepping in tell truth had occurred, had in fact pushed orestes kill own mother, orestes can seen hold no moral responsibility on death of clytaemnestra. clytaemnestra character able analyzed in terms of moral responsibility, premeditated killing of agamemnon act of revenge , allows see morally responsible husband s death.