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The main characters throughout the story are Agamemnon and his family. Primaraly focusses on him, his wife, and his daughter. Along with Electra and Aegisthus Agamemons son is another major character.
He is commonly known and reconized as the leader of the Greeks throughtout the ten year Trojan war. While he is out at war he is unfaithful to his wife, Clytemnestra. He sarificed his own daughter, Iphigena to the gods to prevent bad weather throughout the war.
She is the daughter of the great Greek fighter Agamemmnon. Her father sacrifcies her to the gods to better him and his travels. She is a major part of the story as well.
Clytemnestra is Agamemmnon's wife. When she married him she became the queen of Mycenae. While her husband is at war she is unfaithful to him and has a lover. She takes her revenge out on Agamemnon.
Orestes is the son of Agamemnon and his wife Clytemnestra. He is a man who loves his father. He demenstrates his love to his father by being the one who takes revenge for his fathers murder,
Throughout the story there are quite a few situations and things that happen. These things help the reader learn about the people involved and the why other things happen to Agamemnon and his family.
When Agamemnon was going to Troy with the Greek Army he is faced with having to make a sacrifice to the Gods for good winds and travels to Troy. His Army is impatient to get to Troy and they drive him to make a sacrifice. He decides to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia.
Agamemnons wife really loved her daughter. She is severely angered when Agamemnon sacrifices her. She takes her anger out ten years later. Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus work together and murder Agamemnon. They both are not sorry for what they have done because they believe since he killed Iphigenia it makes it alright to kill him.
Orestes Agamemnon's son was one who really loved his father. When his father was murdered he was very upset that he lost his father. He his conflicted of if he should be a traitor to his father or be a murderer of his mother. He goes to Delphi and asks the oracle. Apollo speaks to him and tells him to kill the two who killed. After hearing this he goes and kills his mother CLytemnestra as revenge for killing his father.
This story is a very well known tragedy. This is considered a tragedy because throguthout the story there are many people who died and got murdered. Although everyone had a reason for killing another person, they all still committed a crime of being a murderer and killing members of their own family .
Influence: Agamemnon is referenced in numerous films some of them including
Theme: One main theme and concept the readers can learn is even though many say revenge is sweet and its okay to carry out vengence, revenge is also not always a good thing. We can also learn the idea of karma because when the characters murder someone or hurt them then they are hurt or killed later on in their life.