The Agamemnon, a story of an ambitious husband, a wife turned temptress and a cowardly lover, or a story of three equally determined characters contesting for their own revenge?

In this essay I am going to explore the dispositions of the three main characters; Agamemnon, Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra and how they appeal to the audience.

`She is the lioness, she rears on her hind legs, she beds with the wolf, when her lion king goes ranging'

This quotation refers to Clytaemnestra and her state of affairs. It gives a slight impression of hers, and the other characters, personalities.

Clytaemnestra is described as a lioness. This could depict her independence and strength as lionesses in the wild are often the providers for the pride and the ones who occupy the territory. It could also be referring to the fact that lionesses look after the cubs while the lions go...