The Libation Bearers

       There are a few propositions that guide the moral reasoning of Agamemnon's avengers. The first is that the chorus urges Orestes and Electra to avenge their father. They say, "Justice thunders, hungry for retribution, 'stroke for bloody stroke be paid. The one who acts must suffer." This makes them want to avenge their father. Also, the chorus clouds their judgement by saying, "It is the law: when the blood of slaughter wets the ground it wants more blood." Clytemnestra defends her actions however, by saying that fate had its part in the murder she committed. She was trying to shift blame from herself