ve they accept them as valiant characters. The leader of the chorus can only give encouragement to Cassandra for being brave enough to face her own death. The leader exalts, Youre brave, believe me, full of gallant heart. This brings her extra pull on her side of the rope. As she faces her death knowing Agamemnon will be murdered also she still cries out for help. This leaves her rope for the town to pull against Clytaemnestra. A coward chorus cannot hold the end of the bargain for Cassandra and does not defend their king. Clytaemnestra gets the final yank on the rope as she runs out of the palace with the blood of the town king and his mistress on her hands. Does this yank claim a winner or is the end of the rope left behind that pronounces a winner? Clytaemnestra gives great justice for her doing, claiming Agamemnon not being the saint the town believes. The town still has no grip on the rope but keeps the torn strings on their side as the leader exiles Clytaemnestra. Undecided and unexplainable creates confusion as to whom the winner is proclaimed. Or does death claim a winner. If it is death that claims the winner is it the woman who died knowingly or the woman who slain the victim? Both Clytaemnestra and Cassandra hold strong sides to the war but with a rope lying in the wrong hands can only plummet to a failure to pronounce a winner. The town never reveals liking to either woman and Agamemnon pulled both sides evenly leaving the inner being of each woman to carry on the Tug of War. This is a Tug of War that places each character even knowing neither wins and everybody loses. ...
