der, all the Chorus can do is talk about what a great loss they suffer. They accuse Klytaimestra for being a backstabber, and tell her she should be punished. When Klytaimestra defends her actions by pointing out how Agamemnon killed her daughter, they ignore her and keep mourning. Even though they can see with their own eyes that Klytaimestra killed her husband and Cassandra, they still refuse to really listen to her, as if they do not want to believe that a woman committed the murder of their almighty king. In fact, they just think of her as a curse, not someone who has justification to why she murdered her husband. Klytaimestras explanation fall of deaf ears when they threaten to exile her: And now you sentence me?/ . . . But he-/name one charge you brought against him then/ . . . he sacrificed his own child, our daughter,/the agony I laboured into love . . . (1438-1443). Even after a reasonably well-argued defense, the Chorus insists that she is just power hungry: Mad with ambition/shrilling pride (1452-1453). No matter what she said, the Chorus disregarded it; that is, until Aegisthus steps out to admit he is part of the crime. Once the Chorus had a man to blame, they flew into arms, when in reality, Aegisthus had nothing to do with the murder. Their ignorance also blinds them to Agamemnons death.The Chorus had a chance to prevent Agamemnons death if they only listened to Cassandra, Agamemnons Trojan concubine. Cassandras prophecy foretold the kings death in the murderous house, along with seeing past murders. One would think that because she could see past crimes, the Chorus would take her word more seriously, but the Chorus treated her as they did with Klytaimestra when she first came out with the news from Troy. Cassandra explains her curse of how she has prophecies, but nobody will believe her, although the Chorus does seem sympathetic: We believe you. Your visions seem so true (1219). However, when she reveals...
