Agamemnon :: essays research papers

     After reading Agamemnon, I have come to the end that Greek mythology can cause many debates.      unity of the debates that could be compose from this story was rather or not Agamemnon deserved his fate. close to critics would translate he did after he killed his innocent daughter, as a sacrifice. Some critics would say he was killed because he left his wife at plate for ten years. Those ten years while they were apart, Clytaemestra had time to let alone(predicate) of her anger and hostility boil up inside of her. He was envisioned as an arrogant man. other thing that condemned him was when he walked on the lofty carpet. She knew that by saying If Priam had won as you have, what would he have do?(935). Even though his wife coaxed him, his cowardliness in doing so shows his true(p) side. He was very arrogant about the war, acting as if him alone won the war. All of his arrogance and betraying his family killing his daughter lea d to his death.     Another debate is what kind of women Clytaemestra is. Clytemnestra is portrayed as strong willed woman. This characteristic is not necessarily typical of women of her time. Her most important characteristic is like the watcher calls it, "male strength of heart." Later in the play after Clytemnestra murders her husband, Agamemnon, and his concubine, Cassandra, she reveals her movement force and was has spurned all of her actions until this point. The Chorus sees Clytemnestra as untrustworthy and although shady of her they allay could not foresee the impending murders. Her words are translucent but her meaning hidden to all those around her. She more or less alludes to her plan of murder without fear of being detected. Only the auditory modality can seem to understand the double meaning in her words. One example of how Clytemnestra hides meanings in otherwise plain words is stated in her hope that Agamemnon and his soldiers do not commit any sacrilege in Troy that might offend the gods. Now must they pay collectible respect to the gods that inhabit the town, the gods of the conquered land, or their victory may end in their own destruction after all. Too soon for their safety, the soldiery, seized with greed, may permit to their covetousness and lay hands on forbidden spoil. They have still to bring themselves home, have still the backward arm of the double personal line of credit to make.