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. ... Secretly, Clytemnestra is planning to murder Agamemnon using the robes so it would be difficult for him to fight back. ... She then walks outside the palace to the public square, where she tells the Chorus that she has killed the king. ...

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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. ... Together they decide that it will be Clytemnestra that will kill him by using her trust. ... 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. ... In this case she gets sedu...

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Clytaemnestra talks about war and being at peace and satisfied at the end of it which is of course use of her clever dramatic irony but then in another speech by the chorus they talk about "the avenging furies, they will never rest". ... 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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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. ... All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ... He uses the play to show that when men attempt to become powerful, or in Jason's case, attempt to become heir to a throne, they forget what is truly important and will suffer loss because of it. ... His excuses are obvious, even to the chorus. ...

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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 description of Agamemnon's death, all the audience have to feed off is his painful cries and the confusion and terror of the chorus listening on stage. ... Therefore I am drawing upon the conclusion that what becomes the center of...

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As the importance of actors grew and that of the chorus diminished, the stage became higher and encroached on the orchestra space. ... In Agamemnon, one of the greatest works of dramatic literature, King Agamemnon returns home from Troy and is treacherously murdered by his faithless wife Clytemnestra. In the second play, Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, returns to Argos and avenges the murder of his father by slaying his mother and her paramour Aegisthus. ... The characteristics of his works are the profundity of theme and the grandeur of the poetry recited by the chorus. ... As a young man, ...

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