Agamemnon Agamemnon was the written by Aeschylus in Ancient Greece, and recounts the events in the city of Argos after Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War. ... The Chorus also tells of how Agamemnon, Clytemnestra's husband, sacrificed their daughter to the god Artemis to gain a favorable wind for the Greek ships to reach their destination in Troy. Clytemnestra calls for sacrifices of thanksgiving to the gods and the Chorus questions her decision. She states that Troy has fallen and Agamemnon has returned, knowing this from the beacon, so the Chorus gives thanks and wonder...

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Why does Agamemnon choose the easy way out? ... Agamemnon is a king who feeds on his people. ... As the chorus in Agamemnon notes, "The deed is not diminished but lives/ stronger with every telling. ... Here, the chorus alludes to the fact that words tend to speak louder than actions. They seem to be ridiculing Agamemnon. ...

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These images overturn the values and traditions of her society, symbolized by the chorus, by joining spheres that were customarily kept separate. ... Clytaemestra boldly presents her position to the chorus: "I struck him twice. ... Earlier, the chorus mentions the robes of Iphigenia pouring to the ground (239-240). ... Here Agamemnon drinks what he deserves: death. ... "Agamemnon" Oresteia. ...

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An example can be seen with the chorus, Agamemnon and his cousin Aegisthus. ... The image that the Chorus had of Clytemnestra was very different from the type of woman she proved herself to be at the end of the play. ... Neither Agamemnon nor the Chorus expected her to take revenge on Agamemnon. ... She then walks outside the palace to the public square, where she tells the Chorus that she has killed the king. ... Agamemnon, however, does not have this quality. ...

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The first play, Agamemnon, introduces us to Clytaemnestra who murders her husband because Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter. ... The chorus shows their anger with the queens actions, "You, pathetic- the king had just returned from battle. ... It is obvious that the chorus feels that Aegistheus and Clytaemestra truly wronged the king, rather than bringing justice. ... Orestes sees things the same way as his mother does in Agamemnon. ... His mother deserves everything she gets because of her unjust murder of Agamemnon. ...

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Her daughter Electra will also be in the episode as well as a chorus, messenger, Aegisthus and Agamemnon. ... It opens on the day that Agamemnon arrives back home with the chorus speaking to each other in front of the home of Agamemnon about Clytemnestra and her suspicious relationship with Aegisthus. ... During this the chorus are talking to each other again about if Agamemnon finds out that his wife has been disloyal, they fear that it will have tremendous consequences. ... The chorus observes and sees that Clytemnestra is acting a little stranger and more nervous than normal. ... They goes ...

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The Chorus Leader welcomes the Herald home. ... Strangely Agamemnons sgip was saved. ... There will be a change, but not for Agamemnon's good. ... The Chorus see straight through the mask she is putting on as a loving wife. ... Second Stasimon The Chorus talk about the shame and destruction Helens marriage to Paris brings on Troy: "Troy's blood wedding day" The Chorus see the marriage as shameful. ...

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In the three plays, Agamemnon, Oedipus Rex, and The Bacchae, the Chorus is used for a variety of different reasons. ... In Agamemnon the Chorus is used for a few different reasons. ... That is when the Queen confesses to killing Agamemnon and Cassandra. The Chorus ends with saying that Agamemnon's son will return to avenge his father's death. ... In Agamemnon the Chorus is used to tell us the history of the Trojan War. ...

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As read in Agamemnon, Clytemnestra believed she had to get justice for her and her city by murdering Agamemnon because he abandoned them for ten years, sacrificed their daughter Iphigeneia, and was unfaithful to her. ... "To avenge [Iphigeneia's] death, Agamemnon is killed by his wife, Clytemnestra, " (Buller). ... When she was caught of her crime, the chorus demanded she be exiled and shunned of all men because of her crime. ... As the Chorus laments the murder and blames Agamemnon's death on Helen of Troy, they leave Clytemnestra thinking that her crime will not bring destruction t...

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Imagery of the Lion in Agamemnon In Aeschylus" Agamemnon, symbolism is prominent throughout the play, and it is used to represent the feelings of the characters. ... Agamemnon is overloaded with symbolism; on of the most prominent is the animal imagery. ... This statement is justly proven throughout Agamemnon through the use of several different animal symbolisms. ... To the contrary, Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter is in concordance with the behavior of the lion. ... Another reference to the lion comes in a fable-like speech by the chorus. ...

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Imagery of the Lion in Agamemnon In Aeschylus" Agamemnon, symbolism is prominent throughout the play, and it is used to represent the feelings of the characters. ... Agamemnon is overloaded with symbolism; on of the most prominent is the animal imagery. ... This statement is justly proven throughout Agamemnon through the use of several different animal symbolisms. ... To the contrary, Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter is in concordance with the behavior of the lion. ... Another reference to the lion comes in a fable-like speech by the chorus. ...

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The chorus and Clytaemnestra seem to contradict each other, at times seem to unknowingly answer what each other is saying, the chorus say "radiant dreams are passing in the night" and Clytaemnestra feels no need for dreams. ... Upon the arrival of Agamemnon Clytaemnestra's cunning and powers come into fruition. The entrance of Agamemnon is that of an austere soldier, a warrior. ... The death of Agamemnon and Cassandra evokes many different responses and reactions. The chorus cannot decipher the meaning of this, she has created disorder. ...

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On two accounts the Chorus wishes for the return of Orestes and that he may come right the wrong which has been committed in the noble house. ... The second time the chorus speaks of Orestes returning is when he speaks directly to Aegisthus. ... Aegisthus is not worried about Orestes returning and we see this when he responds to the chorus. ... Aegisthus was once an exile and he never got the chance to kill Agamemnon. ... Cilissa then speaks to the chorus and tells him his feelings on the matter and the news she must pass on to Aegisthus. ...

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In the play Agamemnon, Clytemnestra is more powerful and intelligent than any of the men in the play. ... Clytemnestra uses her charm as a weapon as she persuades Agamemnon to step up to the red carpet and face his murder. ... She confirms to the chorus that her confidence is not only justice for the murder of Iphigenia, but her love for Aegisthus when she states "yet Aegisthus makes the fire shine on my hearth." (1433) Aegisthus is a substitute of Agamemnon's love, a man who she can dominate as a "tool for her masculine will"2 since he is addressed as a "woman" by the Chorus at the end o...

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Clytemnestra's character in Aeschylus' tragedy Agamemnon is portrayed as a strong willed woman. ... Later in the play after Clytemnestra murders her husband, Agamemnon, and his concubine, Cassandra, she reveals her driving force that has spurned all of her actions up to this point. Clytemnestra is seen by the Chorus as untrustworthy and although suspicious of her, they still could not foresee the impending murders. ... The first is Clytemnestra's wish for Agamemnon to return safely so that she may kill him herself. ... Perhaps she really does wish for Agamemnon to upset the ...

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The Chorus is very impressed by her visions: "But you amaze me. ... Further convincing the Chorus of the truth behind her words, Cassandra again recalls the murder of Agamemnon, and uses accounts of the past to validate her visions of the future. ... Cassandra goes on to reveal to the Chorus, not only the visions she has received as a prophet, but she shares an objective opinion: "For so much suffering, I tell you, someone plots revenge" (1230 - 1231), concluding that Aegisthus too, is a participant in the plot against Agamemnon. ... The Chorus, though they now believe her ability as...

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It seems to the chorus in the beginning of the Agamemnon that the war over Helen of Troy has made not only the city of Priam a victim of the Greek armies, but according to a prophet named Calchus, many cities have been caught by " the long hunt nets [of war]," (Ag. 129). ... Closely after this referral to hunting, we see the father, Agamemnon, sacrificing his daughter Iphogenia at the behest of the gods. ... Even kings can be hunted and trapped in nets, the "nets" or red robes which Clytemnestra uses to hunt and kill her husband Agamemnon. ... Also, right before the death of Agamemnon, Cassan...

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Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. ... The chorus predict his downfall: "The gods fail not to mark those who have killed many. ... Agamemnon then shows off his "booty" from the war, Cassandra. ... All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ... His excuses are obvious, even to the chorus. ...

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Aeschylus' Agamemnon portrays a different picture of Zeus than Homer's The Iliad. ... The chorus of Agamemnon, unaware at this time of the murderous plot of Clytaemnestra, believe that Zeus is championing the cause of their king, Agamemnon: "Ten years gone, ten to the day/our great avenger went for Priam--/Menelaus and lord Agamemnon,/two kings with the power of Zeus,"" (ll. 45-48) They are also under the assumption that Zeus is supportive of Agamemnon because of the inciting incident of the Trojan War to begin with: "So towering Zeus the god of guests/drives Atreus' sons at...

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For Clytaemnestra this brought much hatred towards Agamemnon. ... death, she had to make Agamemnon feel as though nothing was wrong. ... (Agamemnon 1555), therefore it is just. ... Medea the chorus does not find fault with Medea for punishing Jason for what he had done. ... Agamemnon. ...

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In this case, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus are the murderers of Agamemnon's death. ... Chrysothemis knows that there has to be revenge for what her mother has done but Chrysothemis never mourns with her sister or try to console her as the chorus does in the play. ... Clytemnestra's points of arguments for having revenge on Agamemnon are for killing his own daughter for the sake of the Greek army. ... Not only did Clytemnestra get her revenge, she also mutilated Agamemnon's body. ... To pay for this boast, Agamemnon needed to pay her back by sacrificing his daughter. ...

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(Albert Henrich) We know that in Oedipus the King the chorus plays a significant role and in the bloodiest moment in the play, it is not the violent act that we see but the description of it is given by the reliable chorus. ... The chorus states; "This is a terrible sight for men to see! ... In Agamemnon, unlike Oedipus the King the chorus does not give such a vivid description but we do have the offstage screaming: "Ah, I am struck a deadly blow and deep within! "chorus answers, "Silence: who cried out that he was stabbed to death within the house? (Agamemnon 1343-5) There is still no descr...

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In Agamemnon, Clytaemestra is woman engrossed with eternal suffering caused by the sacrifice of her lovely daughter, Iphigeneria, by her husband, Agamemnon. ... The chorus in the tragic play agree with Orestes before the deaths of the two murderers, "The spirit of Right cries out aloud and extracts atonement due: blood stroke for the stroke of blood shall be paid," (LB, 310-4), shows the mutual feeling of contempt and the motion of justice to prevail in both hearts of Orestes and the chorus. ... In Agamemnon, Clytaemestra conspires with Aegisthus over the murder of the king. ... This wretch...

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This was the focal point of Ancient Greek perception of justice, and is demonstrated in the downfall of the House of Agamemnon. ... This downfall of the house was the case of Aeschylus' play Agamemnon. Cassandra expressed to the Chorus that they would see their king dead and indicates that she would die as well. ... The death of Agamemnon embodied the Greek conception of divine justice. ... The death of Agamemnon embodied the focal point of Ancient Greek perception of justice, demonstrated in the downfall of the House of Agamemnon. ...

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One last example of irony occurs in the play of Agamemnon. In Antistrophe 1, on page 30, starting around lines 376 - 384, the chorus is talking about Agamemnon. The irony is occurring because; the chorus is actually talking about the defeat of Paris. ...

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