Agamemnon

One of the more interesting stories told in the course was the play Agamemnon. In it, Agamemnon's wife schemes to kill her husband over the death of their daughter. The wife, Clytemnestra, plans her revenge very carefully, and when she executes it she does it with brutal efficiency. The chorus, played by all older males, reviles her for this act, and yet come to terms with her actions by the end of the play. She kills Agamemnon in a very ceremonial manner, via 3 dagger strikes, the third while praying to Zeus. Undoubtedly, she tried to emulate the same manner that her daughter was struck down. He quest for vengeance has blinded her to all other thoughts and concerns, only worrying about how she will kill Agamemnon. After the deed is done, she shows no remorse or hesitation to announce the grim results of her actions. Clytemnestra is a character who planned and schemed, until she achieved what she wanted to all along: she is portrayed as a cunning and brilliant, if somewhat deviant, woman who can be seen as a role model as to how women can be equal to men.