1. The watchman has been in the house for so long that he’s seen so many things in the house that it can tell a story. He is setting the scene for what will happen in the rest of the story. He is talking about the things that Clymnestra did while Agamemnon is gone.
2. 2a. Agamemnon killed his daughter to appease the gods when winds trapped them. Iphigenia, in a way was decapitated by Agamemnon’s men. Her head was put face down on an “altar” and tied up and she was crying and begging. Her throat was then cut. Meanwhile, Cassandra was executed in a block instead of an altar.
2b. The death of Iphigenia is a huge story in the play. Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon, was so upset at the death of her daughter that she killed Agamemnon and Cassandra. …show more content…
3c. One of the themes in the book has to do with revenge and War. In this passage, it talks about men had to sacrifice themselves to go to war with the Trojans to get Helen back. In a way,
Agamemnon and Menelaus went to war to get revenge on Paris taking Helen away from Greece.
People died fighting in war with Menelaus wanted revenge. “Men we all knew, sent out to war, returning home, and ashes in urns”(Line 436).
4. 4a. He dreads not walking on tapestries and being treated like this because he feels this is only necessary for gods and if he were to do what his wife is telling him to do, the gods would be angry and punish him for walking in tapestries with flowers in the ground. He would look arrogant if he consented to enter his palace on the carpet and gods would probably punish him for this and this is why he is “filled with dread”

4b. Clytemnestra mentions the gods at the tapestries scene and the post-murder scene. She says “ With the help of the gods, I will set things straight”( Line 924). Gods are also mentioned when Agamemnon talks about not treating him gods. In the post murder scene, Clytemnestra mentions how she struck him with the help of “Underworld Zeus”. Another phrase that …show more content…
Lioness: - Clytemnestra. She is compared to a lion because she is the powerful and assertive one. She is in a class status above the Wolf (Aegisthus).
Wolf – Aegisthus. I think he’s compared to a wolf because the Lion indirectly owns a wolf in that it is little bit stronger, faster and smarter than wolf and Cassandra thinks of Aegisthus as the guy that is controlled by Clytemnestra, the lioness.
Noble Lion: Agamemnon is the wise leader that hasn’t been home to take care of his wife
(lioness) while the wife is bedding Aegisthus.
5e. Cassandra wants to kill her because she was brought to Greece by Agamemnon. Line 1263
6. I think Aegisthus is called a woman because of his actions. Aegisthus wanted revenge on
Agamemnon, Atreus’s son, but he didn’t bring down Agamemnon himself; instead, he relied on a woman to do his dirty work instead of facing Agamemnon like two men do in Ancient Greece.
He is called a woman because he didn’t kill Agamemnon by himself but he relied on woman to do his work. Another reason that he would be called a woman would be that he didn’t go fight in Troy. Clytemnestra, however, is usually referred to as “man”. One reason why is that when she killed Agamemnon, she did it like a man. She went head to head with him and fought