Agamemnon is a Greek play that has a wonderful balance between drama and action. Despite all the exciting and impressive dialect, the story remains a tragedy. It contains several deaths mentioned and recalled, as well as thick plots and a gripping storyline. All of these things are tragedies because of the human emotion behind them. That's what makes this story interesting. One of the tragedies of this play is that Agamemnon kills his own daughter. When the gods demanded his life in exchange for the wind to sail to Troy for war, Agamemnon kills his own daughter as a sacrifice. Although this does not take place in the story of Agamemnon (it does take place in the Iliad, another Greek tragedy), it is mentioned throughout the story of Agamemnon. “Yes, he had the heart to sacrifice his daughter, to bless the war that avenged the loss of a wife, a nuptial rite that sped up warships.” (Lines 223-226) The next tragedy occurs when Agamemnon and his men completely ignore all the warnings given by the chorus and Cassandra regarding the troubles in his house. The choir director...