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Title: A Guilty or Innocent Way: A Look at Clytemnestra’s Actions
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Cassandra knows that is she will be killed upon entering the house, but after some self deliberation she goes in anyway. So with the same ax that killed Agamemnon, Cassandra is now killed.
Both of these acts are considered murder because the killing of another person is murder and murder is illegal... Showed first 250 characters
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Now there are a few exceptions to this rule. If one looks at the case of Agamemnon killing Iphigenia, that was for a sacrifice that the Gods asked for. Although this can be seen as murder in the long run it really is not the same as the kind of murder that Clytemnestra committed... Showed next 250 characters
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