Revenge"An eye for an eye" seems to be a phrase that people will always live by. Anyone who has been wronged seeks revenge and justice. If they don't act, at least they think about revenge. Women, historically more than men, seem to abide by this saying. Greek tragedy is a perfect example of how women seek revenge. Clytemnestra, Medea, and Antigone all seek revenge and justice to maintain their pride and prove themselves to their enemies and foes. When a child's life is taken away, the mother is willing to do anything to bring justice back to its place. In Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter (Iphigenia) to win a war. This causes great agony to his wife, Clytemnestra, and knowing that she is unhappy with his decision, he also brings a new lover (Cassandra) into the house. Before the husbands return home, Clytemnestra begins to reflect on the situation in which she finds herself. She ultimately decides whether it is her husband or not, she is willing to give up everything to bring her daughter's death to justice and to show her husband and his mistress that she will always remain the breadwinner. Clytemnestra's revenge begins with Agamemnon's return home. She greets him with generous arms and listens to his request for kind treatment towards Cassandra. By welcoming them both into his home, he has already planned their deaths. She kills Cassandra only because she will not be humiliated by her husband's imprudent choice to bring a concubine back to life, after sacrificing their innocent daughter. She states that "her death is the work of my right hand, whose mastery justice recognizes", without showing shame or remorse for killing her husband to find him... middle of paper... and of these women, in these three plays show courage more than any man can show. However, due to their fox-like plotting, they are not fully justified for their acts. At the moment, when they justify the wrongs that have been committed against them, it seems right. However, when they start to get in the way of their pride and arrogance, their motivations begin to change and their act of revenge no longer seems right. Of course it is like second nature for all human beings to seek revenge on people who have done them wrong. People don't just do it to get an eye for an eye, but also to not be humiliated by the people around them. Pride seems to be the hidden motive behind every cause of revenge, especially among women. However, no matter how much we try to justify acts done alone, if done with the means of revenge they are never justifiable.