In the first play “Agamemnon” by Aeschylus we are introduced to a female character named Cassandra. Cassandra’s scene is roughly 260 lines but delivers an important dramatic purpose. Cassandra enters the scene riding in a chariot with King Agamemnon. King Agamemnon and Cassandra are greeted by Clytemnestra, at which point King Agamemnon is asked to walk the purple tapestry; tagging along Cassandra. In this paper I will give you insight on who Cassandra is; and the powerful effect that she has within this play. Next I will discuss her role, and what similarities we see through out other Greek Plays characters.
Cassandra is the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, the King and Queen of Troy. Cassandra’s prophecies started when she spent the night at the temple of Apollo; once as a child and once as she grew up. Apollo loved her and …show more content…
Tiresias dilemma is he is only to be put down by the power of a King and being called a traitor and a liar. Tiresias just like Cassandra help foreshadow what will happen in the play as well as recall things from the past. Never the less Tiresias is not cursed by a god like Cassandra is, but his dilemma is similar to hers. For Cassandra, her prophecies are not head accountable because of the curse Apollo has laid upon her. Achilles in a sense has a dilemma similar to Cassandra as the both are faced with visions of their deaths. “Cassandra highlights the character of Agamemnon during this scene by recalling parallels between herself and another "tragic" hero, Achilles, who possesses his own truths about future events and willingly faces death, and whose actions and inaction often served as an antithesis to those of Agamemnon throughout the Iliad” (Furness). This shows a strong similarity between Achilles and Cassandra because they both come to accept the fate that the gods have chosen. Cassandra replies to the chorus
Cassandra is the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, the King and Queen of Troy. Cassandra’s prophecies started when she spent the night at the temple of Apollo; once as a child and once as she grew up. Apollo loved her and …show more content…
Tiresias dilemma is he is only to be put down by the power of a King and being called a traitor and a liar. Tiresias just like Cassandra help foreshadow what will happen in the play as well as recall things from the past. Never the less Tiresias is not cursed by a god like Cassandra is, but his dilemma is similar to hers. For Cassandra, her prophecies are not head accountable because of the curse Apollo has laid upon her. Achilles in a sense has a dilemma similar to Cassandra as the both are faced with visions of their deaths. “Cassandra highlights the character of Agamemnon during this scene by recalling parallels between herself and another "tragic" hero, Achilles, who possesses his own truths about future events and willingly faces death, and whose actions and inaction often served as an antithesis to those of Agamemnon throughout the Iliad” (Furness). This shows a strong similarity between Achilles and Cassandra because they both come to accept the fate that the gods have chosen. Cassandra replies to the chorus