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Aeschylus 'Vengeance In The Play Agamemnon'

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Aeschylus Agamemnon
The play Agamemnon is set with a watchman who is on duty at the Aragon’s place which is waiting for a signal to that announces the fall of the Troy as the sign of beacon flashes; he moves to pass this message to Queen Clytemnestra. The queen is seen to appear at the chorus when ordered to offer some thanksgiving sacrifice as she passes the beacon’s message on the fall of the Troy (Macintosh 234). The play has a protagonist, Agamemnon who is the King of Argos, as well as the person who commandeered the fall of Troy. His brother, Menelaus, had his wife Hellen stolen by the Trojan prince. The chorus is a bunch of elderly citizens who are old and frail to fight the Trojan war, …show more content…

King Agamemnon is a person in a dilemma that overrides his thoughts on positives. He comes home but insists on serving justice to those with those who fail to observe good moral banished to suffer. Justice in this context is used to seek vengeance. Within the conversation, it is apparent that vengeance is the only way to justice. The act of vengeance and suspicion is evident in Chorus address to the king that in a way seeks to send a warning to the king when he says, “But the lust for power never dies, man cannot have …show more content…

The relationship between Queen Clytemnestra and her husband King Agamemnon was not a trustable; both lived in suspicion for each other. The Queen may have harbored ambitions to revenge supposed mistreatment by King Agamemnon who had extramarital affairs with his captive, the priestess of Troy. This in a way made the queen jealous of her husband. Her hate and quest for vengeance seen in the manner in which she rejoices her husband’s demise as she says, “words, endless words I’ve served to the moment…. I have brooded on this trial, this ancient blood feud year by yea and at last, my hour came.” (Punchner 662)
This clearly shows that that the death of King Agamemnon had been harbored by the queen for a while; she had been waiting for an opportune time to see that the King had his last breath. It is sharp contrasts to what the Chorus feel about the death of the King and betrayal by his queen, Chorus says, “Woman-What poison cropped from the soil or strained from the heaving sea, what cursed you, drove you insane?” The words that the author attributes to the author depicts their characters and intention as well as their

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