'Clytemnestra’s Deception as Depicted in the Oresteia Trilogy\r'

'Clytemnestra Deception In The Agamemnon give of the Oresteia trilogy, the Chorus in each monkey represents the raft who feel under represented and disrespected by the societys ever-changing values. They also fear the control of an effective fair sex in Clytemnestra rather than the leadership of Agamemnon. The Chorus takes strike actions, thought to ensure their prominence. Agamemnon, the king of Argos, returns home from the struggle at troy weight. As his war prize he brings with him the prophetess-maiden Cassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy.She was chosen by Apollo and given the gift of prophecy, but as a essence of Apollos anger towards Cassandra, no one believes her predictions. Cassandra get laids she and Agamemnon are qualifying to die, but is powerless to prevent it. This is the main speckle that unfolds in The Agamemnon. Clytemnestra kills Agamemnon and Cassandra, but her motive for these murders is much more serious than conscionable married infidelity: He sacrificed his own daughter, â€Å"my beloved child to whom I gave parentage suffering great pains, Just to control the Thracian winds with pells” (1417-18).Clytemnestra hates Agamemnon, who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to sacrifice their first-born, Iphigenia. However, â€Å"Clytemnestra is also unwarranted with her husband because of Cassandra, and she express that both adulterers deserved punishment” (1431-47). The situation is somewhat dubious. Clytemnestra herself is having an adulterous affair with Agamemnons shoot enemy, Aegisthus, with whom she has also been plotting the murder of Agamemnon. In terms of marital infidelity, Clytemnestra cannot claim moral superiority over Agamemnon.So the son of Agamemnon, Orestes, murders his mother to avenge the murder of his father. Clytemnestra dies not Just because of her adultery but for her treachery. The crucial issue is the regicide, and the gesture of whether Clytemnestras horrendous deeds can be warrant as a response to Iphigenias sacrifice. The Homecoming-rituals shape the spectacular structure of the play. In the first half(prenominal) of the play Clytemnestra deliberately perverts all the rituals involved in the getting even of the king.This is an ntentional and important aspect of her character and a counselling for the magnate to assert her power. She makes the elders of Argos wait for her answer at the palace, when they came to ask her about the sacrificial fires burning in every major and minor shrine in the town. â€Å"The elders are skeptical of Clytemnestras reasons for believing that the expedition to Troy has been successful, and the conversation amid the queen and the elders is reminiscent of a duel” (258-60).However, Clytemnestra masterfully uses rhetoric worthy of a man, and in the end the elders admit defeat 351-54). The queen disparages the herald who arrives to inform her of the safe return of Agamemnon. Clytemnestra cuts shoot his announcement by telli ng him that she already knows of the achievement and claims that her husband will tell her everything she needs to know (587-614). Once again, she has successfully been undermined by her ‘unfeminine strength of brain and lyric.When Agamemnon arrives, Clytemnestra assumes control of the situation by arriving late and bad a lengthy and garrulous welcoming speech to ner husband 8 Finally, in the tamous arpet-scene (914-74), the queen persuades Agamemnon to get around the gods by walking on the luxurious olympian clothes and straight to his death by her actions, Clytemnestra has managed to debunk with all the traditional Greek customs and rituals link up to the homecoming of a king.That is the theme that dominates the first half of the play. Clytemnestras actions reveal to the audience her intentions. They also expose her maturement power and the political and psychological battle between the elders”who represent the people of Argos”and the herald.\r\n'