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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Women and Men 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Women and Men, chapter 9 (search)
ent of this paradoxical theory is to be found in the Greek drama called the Eumenides, commonly translated as The Furies, by Aeschlylus, the greatest of Greek dramatists, and, in the opinion of some, the greatest of the world's poets. The hero, Orestes, has slain his mother, Clytemnestra, for her sins; and the Furies claim him as their victim, because they have jurisdiction over those who have shed the blood of kindred. Orestes asks why, then, did they not punish Clytemnestra herself, withoutOrestes asks why, then, did they not punish Clytemnestra herself, without leaving him to do it? They say that it was because her ]husband, whom she slew, was not one of her kindred. But, he says, am I of kindred with her? They cry out in indignation against this monstrous remark, and the matter is referred to Phoebus Apollo, who thus rules: The mother is not the parent of what is called her child, but only the nurse of the infant germ; for the male creates the offspring, while the female, like a host for a guest, preserves the young plant, when some god does not
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Women and Men, Index. (search)
sty of the, 98. Nausikaa, 8, 11. Nervousness of men, the, 238. New theory of language, the, 181. Newcome, Ethel, 55. Newell, W. W., 13. Newport, R. I., life at, 71, 98. Nicknames in college, 275. Nightingale, Florence, 19. Nithisdale, Countess of, 56. Normandy, a scene in, 201. Northcote, Sir, Stafford, 136. Norton, Andrews, 18. Norton, C. E., 18. novels: men's and women's, 156. Nursery, a model, 264. O. Odyssey, Palmer's, 248. Opie, Amelia, 157. Orestes, 44. Organizing mind, the, 146. Ossoli, Margaret Fuller, quoted, 211, 232. Outside of the shelter, 7. P. Paganini, Nicolo, 238. Palma, Jacopo (Vecchio), 307. Palmer, Professor G. H., 248. Parnell, C. S., 272. Parochialism, 222. Patience quoted, 51. Peabody Museum of American Archaeology, 287. Perdita, 102, 103. Petrarch, Francisco, quoted, 75, 285. Phelps, E. J., 137. Phi Beta Kappa Society, the, 288. Philanthropist, improvidence of a, 188. Philli