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Agamemnon A Tragic Hero? (Hamartia an error of judgement (Agamemnon’s…
Agamemnon
A Tragic Hero?
Hamartia
an error of judgement
Agamemnon’s decision to kill Iphigenia
“Her father called his henchmen on,/ on .with a prayer”
Agamemnon’s decision to bring home Cassandra
behind him, half hidden, stands .Cassandra
Agamemnon’s decision that walking on the carpet was okay
Peripeteia
(reversal of fortune)
Agamemnon's luck is reversed when he walks on the carpet
”Aagh! Struck deep the death blow, deep”
When he is killed
“While I tread on his splendours dyed .red in the sea”
Own actions cause downfall
Agamemnon causes his own death as he the decision to kill his daughter
“hoist her over the altar”
bringing home Cassandra
behind him, half hidden, stands .Cassandra
He also decides to walk on the carpet into the house
Anagnorisis
(moment of realisation)
When he thinks he shouldn’t step on the carpet
“give me the tributes of a man and not a god, a little earth to walk on, not this gorgeous work”
Elevated Status
Agamemnon is the king of Argos
“Menelaus and lord Agamemnon two kings with the power of zeus”
He ended thousands of lives by going to war with Troy
“Launched Greece in a thousand .ships...armies massed for the cause”
Hubris
(pride/ego)
He steps on the carpet because Clytemnestra said that Priam would have done it
“But Priam - can you see him if he had .your success?...and you fear the reproach of common men”