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Justice and revenge are often perceived as being similar when truly they are very different. In Agamemnon, Clytemnestra plots and carries out for revenge on Agamemnon for sacrificing her something so meaningful in their life, their daughter, for the Trojan war. Clytemnestra had every right to be upset and angry at Agamemnon for sacrificing their daughter. Also, Agamemnon was wrong for be being willing to kill his own daughter for possibly having a chance to have better winds for their sailing. I believe that Clytemnestra was justified in her actions even though she handled the situation the wrong way. Clytemnestra’s revenge on Agamemnon was based on her feelings at the moment. Clytemnestra was probably devastated that Agamemnon was able to kill their daughter and not have any remorse or sorrow. She probably felt as if she needed to take action and thought that killing Agamemnon was the only way to do it. Clytemnestra took actions into her own hands because she knew justice would not be served for her daughter.
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A agree with your stance on Clytemnestra's decision to do the deed and go for the kill. Killing people is wrong yes, but she knew if she didn't do something , no one would. The gods certainly weren't going to help her out, so I guess you could say she took the gods will into her own hands and laid out the punishment for Aga.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on why Clytemnestra killed her husband. I'm no mother, so I can't say I know how angry she must've been, but I can say I probably would've been furious. She took it upon herself to take her form of justice into her own hands because no one else was going to. I would most likely want to do the same thing.
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