... her husband,and for ten long years she thought about how sweet revenge would be when Agamemnon arrived. Clytemnestra tells her lover, Aegisthus, "we have more than enough grief"(pg84). Clytemnestra does not realize how ironic her statement will be later on when pain controls her. Aegisthus sums-up their code of justice when he says "This is perfect proof that the gods ... watch over man and punish evil"(pg80).He also is foreshadowing that his crime must also be paid for and he will suffer the consequences of killing Agamemnon and revenge. Aegisthus does not realize it, but Orestes is se...

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