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    This document contains 7 questions about Aeschylus' Greek tragedy Agamemnon. The questions probe how the reader feels about Agamemnon deserving his fate, the level of sympathy Clytemnestra deserves, how Clytemnestra is portrayed as behaving like a man, the contribution of the chorus, the contributions of other characters besides Agamemnon, Clytemnestra and the chorus, whether the play inspires too much fear and not enough pity according to Aristotle's standard, and whether Clytemnestra would have been a better title than Agamemnon.

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    Agamemnon Questions

    1. Does your reading of Aeschylus' Agamemnon make you feel that Agamemnon deserved
    his fate?
    2. How far does the Clytemnestra of Agamemnon deserve the sympathy and even the
    admiration of an audience?
    3. Illustrate from your reading how Aeschylus in the Agamemnon portrays Clytemnestra as
    behaving like a man rather than a normal Greek woman?
    4. Discuss the contribution of the chorus of the Agamemnon to the overall effect of the play.
    5. 'Agamemnon, Clytemnestra and the chorus dominate Aeschylus' Agamemnon'. Assess
    the contribution made to the play by the other characters.
    6.Following Aristotle, it is often said that Greek tragedy should inspire 'pity and fear'. Is it fair
    to criticise Aeschylus' Agamemnon as drama because it inspires too much fear and not
    enough pity?
    7. Would Clytemnestra have been a more appropriate title than Agamemnon for the first play
    of the Oresteia?

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