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Often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy’, Aeschylus, son of Euphorion, was born in 525 B. ...
When Aeschylus first began writing, the theatre had only just begun to evolve. ... Aeschylus modernised the art of acting, especially in reducing the importance of the chorus and in adding a second actor, which gave more prominence to the dialogue and made it the leading feature of the play. ... The Persians was a particularly innovative play as it included a ghost (of Darius who was killed during the battle). ...
Although Aeschylus is said to have written over ninety plays, only seven have survived. His second piece of extant work was entitled, The Persians, and it describes the battle of Salamis, in which Aeschylus and his brother actually fought, and deals predominantly with the reaction of the news at the imperial court. ... Aeschylus commemorated this superb victory by writing his play, The Persians. ... Aeschylus attaches a paradigmatic significance to the defeat of Xerxes, using that defeat as the basis for a probing examination of empire and human ambition - one that well might have threatening implications for the Athens of his time, with its own increasingly imperialistic dreams abroad.
Approximate Word count = 888
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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