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. ... Clytemnestra's crime against Agamemnon in her point of view is balanced since he is guilty of committing a crime against their daughter, Iphigenia. ... The mention of Aegisthus leads Clytemnestra to justify the murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra due to Agamemnon's infidelity; however, Clytemnestra herself is also guilty of this, thus cancelling out the charges. ...

• Word Count: 1190
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Fowler deduces that masculine power is threatened by the murder of the King, Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra. ... She argues that Agamemnon, Cassandra, Aegisthus, and she are the better couples. ... Zeitlin on his part perceives that placing Agamemnon together with Cassandra is a method of weakening him. According to him, Agamemnon, through his association with Cassandra is feminized (Zeitlin 92) In both the Agamemnon and the Choephori, Clytemnestra is portrayed as something different from a wife and a mother. ... The Erinyes will come from Agamemnon if Orestes fails to avenge him. ...

• Word Count: 1671
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate