ping with Clyaemestra while Agamemnon was away at the war of Troy. Nonetheless, hes happy to see the body of Agamemnon and explains that it was justice for what Atreus (Agamemnons father) had done to his father (Thyestes). Thyestes had been banished from the city by Atreus, only to be invited back and fed a feast of his own children (Aegisthus brothers).After hearing his story, the chorus accuses Aegisthus of being a coward for not killing Agamemnon himself. This enrages Aegisthus. He starts threatening the chorus and the state with torture and bondage and says that he plans to become king by using Agamemnons money to control the citizens. Aegisthus expects them to be scared and intimidated, but that wasnt the case. They grow insolent to his boasting and rise up against him. Clytaemestra begs and pleads with Aegisthus to not shed any more blood. The chorus, still very upset with him, tells him that he will be very sorry when Agamemnons son Orestes returns. In return, Aegisthus tells the chorus that they will be sorry for their insolence. Clyaemestra and Aegisthus leave together.I had a lot of trouble understanding the real point or moral behind the story. Was there a point or moral? It seemed to me that Agamemnon should be the good guy but he isnt because he sacrificed one of his daughters before going to war yet he wins the war and comes home only to be murdered by his adulterous wife as revenge for the intentional death of their daughter.Another thing I didnt understand too well was the chorus. I believe that the chorus was a group of people, similar to a city board committee or something like that. The story never really says this clearly. It was fairly difficult reading the play and trying to understand the wording and how everything fit together. To sum it up, I didnt really like the play at all that much. Why? The whole story of adultery and war doesnt really do the trick for me and it was hard understanding the...
