The Oresteia

How does the author use foreshadowing in The Oresteia?

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In Play I, Part IV, Cassandra has a vision of the palace's history and of the blood-soaked doom awaiting both her and Agamemnon. The Chorus reacts with appalled fear as she continues, foreseeing both Agamemnon's and her own death at the hands of Clytemnestra.

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The Oresteia