Agamemnon

The Greek Tragedy that we read this week was Agamemnon. It is about the events that take place at the Royal Palace at Argos after Agamemnon’s victory of the Trojan War. I found the use of the Chorus as the main commentators interesting. They expressed the social attitude and morals of the people in a given situation and acted as a voice for the audience on stage. Cassandra, the war prize from Troy for Agamemnon, is a peculiar character in the play. She was Apollo’s lover, and was given the gift of prophecy, but was punished by Apollo when she refused to have his child. Her punishment was that no one would believe her predictions, and this holds true when the Chorus did not believe her vision of the death of Agamemnon and herself. Overall, I enjoyed reading this tragedy and found the storyline to be entertaining.