In a patriarchal society like that of old Greece, it would be entirely difficult to have a play with a fearsome female scalawag like Clytemnestra and not have the issue of sexual orientation assume an unmistakable part. At numerous focuses in Agamemnon, we hear characters utter stereotyped perspectives about ladies, however it isn't clear the amount Aeschylus embraces these. For instance, the Chorus every now and again comments on how ladies are silly and don't pay consideration on the realities. The Chorus individuals expect this as a feedback of Clytemnestra, yet do we truly see her being silly or committing authentic errors? Abhorrent however it is, Clytemnestra's homicide plot unquestionably required watchful (i.e., normal) arranging, and she was right about the sign flame from Troy, which the Chorus questioned. Likewise, the Chorus is significantly wrong in confused the presence of Clytemnestra for what it truly implies, when they can't trust she will be Agamemnon's executioner.
Clytemnestra's activities do, however confirm another social generalization in the play: that ladies are deceitful. (Obviously, it could likewise be said that Agamemnon is conniving, since he yielded his own little girl.) At the end of the play, when the Chorus ridicules Aegisthus by calling him a lady for not going to war and utilizing misdirection to turn the tables on Agamemnon, does this inquiry or fortify generalizations?
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