Agamemnon

Roles

• Watchman - Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50), Senior (>50), Male

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The watchman sees the fall of Troy

Summary

The story of the play focuses on the revenge by Clytemnestra on her husband Agamemnon. Agamemnon is the King of Argos and one of the generals in the Trojan war against Troy. Clytemnestra awaits for the return of her husband from the war so that she can kill him for having sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia during the war. When Agamemnon and his concubine Cassandra come back from the war they are eventually killed by Clytmenestra with the help of her lover Aegisthus. This monologue is the first of the play. The watchman is waiting for the signal that will indicate the end of the war and the fall of Troy, that is "the glow of signal-flame". This will mean that Agamemnon, the King of Argos, will finally be back home and Clytmenestra will be able to have her revenge on him. In the first part of the monologue the watchman laments the fact that he has been waiting there for a long time, then he finally sees the signal-flame on the horizon.

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