In the renowned trilogy, The Oresteia, Aeschylus depicts a unique and memorable character: Clytaemnestra. Unlike other women in Ancient Greek, Clytaemnestra is decisive and aggressive. She avenges the sacrifice of her daughter, Iphigenia, by murdering her husband, Agamemnon, without any guilty. Her strong will make the revenge must happen. In addition, Clytaemnestra is also a smart and calculating woman because she has been planning her revenge for years. Upon Agamemnon’s return, Clytaemnestra acts as a perfect wife in order to gain his trust and kill him easily.
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People may think Clytamnestra is very evil. That she is so evil to the part she uses her knowledge to deceit others. and to kill them. However she is ultimately just avenging her daughters death. I could only imagine what kind of pain she is going through, but although I feel empathy for her, she is dealing with her daughters death the wrong way.