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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(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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Yet, in the Oresteia, the story of Agamemnon revolves around human sacrifice as a secondary motif. ... And because Agamemnon is blinded by his determination for his Army's success, he commits the sacrifice fervently. ... The fact that Agamemnon willingly sacrifices his daughter so quickly, shows that her life meant nothing to him once it began to infringe upon his military progress. ... The irrevocable acts in Agamemnon produce a series of consequential events that essentially aid in stabilizing the city's foundation. ... Strong discipline, in Ancient Greece, prevented chaos and diso...

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