Clytemnestra Ignored her Duties in Agamemnon by Aeschylus
Clytemnestra
ignored her duties towards king, her children and of state as well. She took
active part in conspiracy against King Agamemnon as well as of state and her children.
In a patriarchic society she could feel proud being queen of present king and mother
of the successor of the state.
On
one hand she claimed that she took revenge of her daughter by killing the King Agamemnon
while on the other hand she treated badly her other daughter Electra like a
maid servant in palace and sent Orestes, her son, far from the state matters.
Certainly she did all for the
sake of her lover Aigisthos. She destroyed all for him. If she took revenge for
her previous love then why she ignored her children from the sake of her new
love.
She
did not welcome her husband who has come as a conqueror, after a long war. King
Agamemnon deserved a big celebration for his great success. Usually females used
to support the king in political matters and in domestic matters .She ignored
all her duties towards state, king and her children. Either she did so by her
own will or in grip of new love strongly it changed the history of the state. Her age was not for a blind love for which she
was ready to ignore the duties imposed her by family, society and state.
Usually masses love their king and
have special attachment for him and also have expectations. Females feel pride
and honor being wife of a king or mother of a king. Prince would be the
successor of king Agamemnon. They are proud being the part of crown and who in
power as they love authority.
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