Who started the Trojan War? This question has led to numerous debates among histories. This is also debated in the play Agamemnon. This play shows two sides: the Chorus and Clytemnestra. They both blame different parties for the Trojan War.
After the Trojan War has ended and Agamemnon has returned home. The Chorus, which is made up of old men, start to talk about who started the Trojan War. The Chorus blames Helen for the death of countless lives. This blame is seen when the Chorus said: “Oh demented Helen, / you wasted all those lives, / under the walls of troy, / now you are crowned with the final victory” (1455-1458). These four lines at the end of the play suggest that Helen is the reason why the Trojan War started and because of her a …show more content…
The Chorus says that this curse is acting through the female members of this household. As seen when Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon: “I struck him twice and he screamed twice, / his limbs buckled and his body came crashing down, / and as he lay there, I struck him again, a third blow” (1384-1386). This shows the rage she had for her husband which the Chorus says was due to the cures. The same curse that made Helen act the way she did. This curse is why the Chorus blames Helen for the War. If this war never happened then Clytemnestra would have never killed Agamemnon. Thus the Chorus blames Helen for Agamemnon’s …show more content…
She tells the Chorus: “don’t turn your anger on Helen / as the destroyer of men, she was just one woman, / as if she alone killed so many Greek men” (1464-1466). Clytemnestra does not believe it possible for one women to kill so many men. She instead blames it on the curse of Atreus. She says that this curse is using Helen as its vehicle to exact its revenge: “the triple-gorged spirit / that plagues this family, / the one that lusts to fill its belly with blood” (1476-1478). The “triple-gorged spirit”, which is another way of describing this curse. This curse is what Clytemnestra suggest controlled Helen and killed all these men. She says that Helen was not responsible for the Trojan War, it was the family
After the Trojan War has ended and Agamemnon has returned home. The Chorus, which is made up of old men, start to talk about who started the Trojan War. The Chorus blames Helen for the death of countless lives. This blame is seen when the Chorus said: “Oh demented Helen, / you wasted all those lives, / under the walls of troy, / now you are crowned with the final victory” (1455-1458). These four lines at the end of the play suggest that Helen is the reason why the Trojan War started and because of her a …show more content…
The Chorus says that this curse is acting through the female members of this household. As seen when Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon: “I struck him twice and he screamed twice, / his limbs buckled and his body came crashing down, / and as he lay there, I struck him again, a third blow” (1384-1386). This shows the rage she had for her husband which the Chorus says was due to the cures. The same curse that made Helen act the way she did. This curse is why the Chorus blames Helen for the War. If this war never happened then Clytemnestra would have never killed Agamemnon. Thus the Chorus blames Helen for Agamemnon’s …show more content…
She tells the Chorus: “don’t turn your anger on Helen / as the destroyer of men, she was just one woman, / as if she alone killed so many Greek men” (1464-1466). Clytemnestra does not believe it possible for one women to kill so many men. She instead blames it on the curse of Atreus. She says that this curse is using Helen as its vehicle to exact its revenge: “the triple-gorged spirit / that plagues this family, / the one that lusts to fill its belly with blood” (1476-1478). The “triple-gorged spirit”, which is another way of describing this curse. This curse is what Clytemnestra suggest controlled Helen and killed all these men. She says that Helen was not responsible for the Trojan War, it was the family