Tragic Ambitions

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…view Agamemnon from multiple perspectives. At times he is depicted as moral, and at other times, the opposite. Although presented very briefly in the play, his ambitions are the reasons for much of the conflict in the play in regards to the other characters. Moreover, Agamemnon's hopeless dilemma to seek vengeance through the use of violence will continue to set the stage for dilemmas to come, therefore making ambition a principle theme that infects Agamemnon.