... who disagree with every move she made in killing her husband. Justice considered by one may not be considered to be justice by all others. The chorus shows their anger with the queens actions, "You, pathetic- the king had just returned from battle. You waited out the war and fouled his lair ... , you planned my great commander's fall." (Pg. 170, line 1658-1661). It is obvious that the chorus feels that Aegistheus and Clytaemestra truly wronged the king, rather than bringing justice. One person may consider something to be justice, and at the same time ... him to murder view of justice in...

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... , Zeus, master of all fulfillment, now fulfill our prayers " Speed our rites to their fulfillment once for all?- (ll 971-976) Clytaemnestra stabs Agamemnon three times "killing him. She is giving her justification to the chorus saying: " and then I strike him once, twice, and at each stroke he cries in agony " he buckles at the knees and crashes here ... third libation (wine offering), which at banquets would be poured to Zeus the savior. Clytaemnestra goes on to say: "Here is Agamemnon, my husband made a corpse/by this right hand "a masterpiece of Justice./Done is Done!- (ll1429-1431) T...

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... child, he murdered for the Thracian winds, she feels it needs no explanation (Hamilton 255). She feels it is anAct for act, wound for wound? (Agamemnon 1555), therefore it is just. In Euripides? Medea the chorus does not find fault with Medea for punishing Jason for what he had done. But they do find fault with her killing her children, they see ... could have been brought against the children, either by death or being outcasts for their involvement. Second, and most importantly, the sheer fact of causing Jason pain. It is not Agamemnon's unfaithfulness that has spawned Clytaemnestra's ...

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