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Much like Harriet Tubman, the chorus of slave women in Aeschylus' "The Libation Bearers" uses deception to gain their own freedom. However, in contrast to Tubman, their motives are evil and selfish. The chorus despises Clytemnestra and Aegisthus because it is only natural for slaves to hate their masters seeing that they are the ones that keep them from freedom. The chorus obviously has a great desire for Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, and they act for their own benefit rather than in favor of Electra or Orestes.
In the beginning of the play, Electra and the chorus stand at Agamemnon's grave. Because Electra does not know how she should pay tribute to her father, she asks the chorus to "teach [her] what to say" (152). They tell her to call for "someone who'll pay back life by taking life" (157). They feel that the only way to pay tribute to Agamemnon is to avenge his murder. Obviously, the chorus wants someone to free them by killing their masters. The chorus......

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