Agamemnon Iphigenia's Death

The death of a child is traumatic especially for a parent. The pain and devastation they feel is overwhelming, as immediate emotions all come together. In the play, Agamemnon, Agamemnon makes this experience a reality. He has two options and he had to choose one: he either had to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia and if he didn’t do this, all his troops on board would die. In order to save the life of his troops on board, “he dared to sacrifice his daughter, a first offering to bless the fleet, to fight that woman-revenging war” (Agamemnon 225-7). Although Iphigenia pleaded to his father not to harm her he took the action and got his men to hang her up on the altar, like a goat about to get sacrificed. Agamemnon thought this was the best decision