Another reason for the murder of Agamemnon is Clytaemnestra's love for Aegisthus. Although Aegisthus is a weak character in the play, his presence is often felt. She is being sarcastic in this passage, since she was never lonely as she had Aegisthus always at her side. She relishes the thought that Agamemnon is coming to his death and that Aegisthus is right there to take his place.
This is a very sarcastic statement to make as well. The truth is that Aegisthus would be more likely to rouse Clytaemnestra in the middle of the night than a gnat or even the memory of Agamemnon! This demonstrates that Clytaemnestra is not thinking solely of herself when it comes to having power in Argos. Her love for Aegisthus contributed to her wanting to seize the throne from Agamemnon so that she can share the power with her partner.
Cassandra in her manic speech brings up the curse saying that something dark and sinister dwells deep in the House of Atreus which must come to light. What becomes apparent with this speech is the extent and grip the curse has on the House itself. The House is fated to fall with the death of Agamemnon. What is clear is that Cassandra is peering into the world of the curse. Aegisthus sees the curse as having a leveling effect, meaning it must come to avenge previous crime. Aegisthus reminds us that the curse a deep, troubling reality for Agamemnon and his House.
The curse is inescapable and that it will manifest itself with terrible, unavoidable vengeance. To try to evade the curse is a fruitless endeavour, for it has been ordained by the gods. As has been demonstrated, there are three main reasons why Agamemnon was murdered in the Agamemnon. However, it is hard to make such a claim based on so little evidence, for all we have to go off of is the text itself. It surely was real, but we do not see enough of it manifested in the play itself for it to be more important than the other two.
Nonetheless, in all, Aeschylus presents us the audience with good, concrete reasons for the murder of Agamemnon, for without these reasons the tragedy would suffer a lack of focus and would fail to maintain suspense to a certain extent.
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Lines She reflects on the two dead bodies and explains that, unlike her Aegisthus enters from the palace with a cadre of soldiers. In a long speech, he expresses Aegisthus threatens the Chorus with his soldiers, but Clytemnestra stops the moment from escalating into more Aegisthus, Clytemnestra's lover, appears for the first time and is accompanied by his bodyguards. He is Agamemnon's cousin, and as he rejoices over the murder, we learn the history of the ancestral curse that has led to the King's death.
Aegisthus' father, Thyestes, tried unsuccessfully to seize the crown from Agamemnon's father, Atreus, and was exiled from Argos. Eventually, Thyestes returned to the city and begged for mercy. Atreus pretended to welcome him, and then boiled two of Thyestes' sons and served them to his brother, who ate his own children unwittingly. Since that horrible day, Thyestes now dead and his son have been exiles.
Only now has the terrible crime against Aegisthus' family been avenged. The Chorus taunts Aegisthus, saying that he allowed a woman to do the deed for him, and tells him that he will be executed for the crime.
Aegisthus replies that because of his exile, he could not get close enough to Agamemnon to kill him. He claims that his henchmen and the treasury will enable him to control the city. He promises to have the Chorus killed. As they trade threats, Clytemnestra acts as a peacemaker, telling the Chorus that she and Aegisthus could not have acted any other way, and that peace must now reign in Argos under her rule.
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