her, We respect your power..But why these fires? Good news or more good hope? This is where her pull on the rope is tending to become lose. The town people do not believe this womans intuitions, And who on earth could run the news so fast, the leader of Troy explains to Clytaemnestra. What makes her story different from anyone else in the town? Cassandra has the same problem on her side of the rope. When she foresees the future of herself as well as that of the king of Troy Agamemnon, the town people have no reason or proof to believe this mistress of the King. The god Apollo gave her a mixture of blessing and curse of prophecy. As much and she tried to warn the town the less of a grip she could make on the rope. Her tales as the town knew them, of the murder of Agamemnon their King and also that of her own, became a crazy womans plea for help. All she could do was tell them of her knowledge and ask for them to believe. After her proclamations of the fall of Troy the town still could not develop a belief for her story. Cassandra was nobody to the town people, just a trophy for Agamemnon. Cassandra is a trophy that the town could not take pride in. Both Clytaemnestra and Cassandra have lost grip on the rope. With both women pulling a strong game, it leaves the score at an even point. The treatment given to each of the individual characters does help the force that is pulled on the rope. The first arrival of Agamemnon displays such pride that he fails to invite his mistress (that bore him a set of twins) into the palace. Clytaemnestra, Let the red stream flow and bear him home. She gives, the great victor treatment fit for a king. This allows Clytaemnestra a large pull on the rope. As Agamemnon reveals Cassandras presence, he claims she followed him home leaving Cassandra hopeless in this pull on the rope. Clytaemnestra has a definite lead on the Tug of War. Although the chorus finds both women hard to belie...
