Clytemnestra's character in Aeschylus' tragedy Agamemnon is portrayed as a strong willed woman. This characteristic is not necessarily typical of women in her time. She dominates the action in the play and her most important characteristic is, like the watchman calls it, “male strength of heart.” Later in the play after Clytemnestra murders her husband, Agamemnon, and his concubine, Cassandra, she reveals her driving force that has spurned all of her actions up to this point. Clytemnestra is seen by the Chorus