Cassandra In Agamemnon Essay

In the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, there are multiple characters that have questionable morals. But Aeschylus does give us one reliable person amidst the chaotic setting, and her name is Cassandra. She is easily the most trustworthy person in the play. Cassandra was a lady from the ruling house in Troy. When Agamemnon’s Greek forces took control of the city, she was taken back to Argos as a symbol of triumph over her home. Out of all the main characters she remains the most truthful, but ironically no one is able to understand her truths. Cassandra can be the most trusted for three obvious reasons. First, she is a prophetess who can see the future to an accurate extent. This skill was given to her by Apollo, the god presiding over precognition. And in her scene, Cassandra spends nearly the whole time reciting out her premonitions, which are later proven to be true. “You wretched woman! How can you do this? Your own husband who shared your bed...I see a mesh of death. A net, it …show more content…
Aegisthus and Clytemnestra are the clear opposites of honest, so they are the least trustworthy characters in this play. Iphigenia may have been truthful, but not much is shown about her personality other than how innocent she is. The chorus is made of up of good willed people that are too rational to be completely honest. Doubting that Argos won against Troy was an example of their skepticism, so they can make assumptions based on their experience . As for Agamemnon he is a king with good intentions, but a misguided moral compass. Killing Iphigenia for the sake of war against Troy was his wrongdoing. He sacrificed her, his daughter, someone he loved without giving her an option. Minor characters aside, Cassandra is the only main character in Agamemnon that stays truthful to everyone else she encounters. But there is a problem with how people react to anything she