Agamemnon by Aeschylus is an ancient Greek tragedy set in Argos. It begins with Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War and his wife Clytemnestra's desire to kill him. The Herald begins a speech in line 493 of page 121 after returning from Troy. He addresses the choir and reports the safe return of Agamemnon and tells the choir what happened at Troy during the ten years they were at war. Aristotle's theory of ancient Greek tragedies inspiring both pity and fear is largely on display throughout this passage. Too bad for the Herald because he is so loyal to Agamemnon and he is so happy to be home and alive and fears for Agamemnon from the way the Herald describes what happened during the war. Throughout this passage, the message that emerges on the surface is essentially that of the Herald recounting the struggles at Troy and his joy at being back home in Greece. And through the Herald's overflowing gratitude to be home safe and sound, Aeschylus exposes the audience to the feeling of pity towards the Herald throughout this passage. Aeschylus creates this feeling of pity through his choice of dialogue and the tone of the Herald. Aeschylus' diction is that this passage is composed of words full of emotion, which create a feeling of pity towards the Herald. In particular, he uses “dreamed, hopes, light, salvation, love, bright, warm, [and] cherish.” This diction matches the tone of this passage. For example, in the first five lines of the passage, the audience is introduced to the Herald as a very sympathetic character because of the way he describes how proud and happy he is: "I'm home at last./I n 'never dreamed that I'd die in Greece. This indeed shows the audience what a passionate character he is. Punctuation, especially exclamation points in the middle of the paper......exclamation points are used significantly throughout this passage. For example, in line 518, the Herald says: "and the high altars." Gone!" This exclamation point adds emphasis to this line, as this line refers to the altars that were first introduced at the beginning of the play. These altars also represent Agamemnon's choice to sacrifice his daughter All of this relates to how Agamemnon's actions during the war at Troy created a negative impression of him among the public The Herald's speech fits into Aristotle's broad categories, as seen below. on it Aeschylus uses the notion of pity and fear for the audience to develop feelings towards the Herald and Agamemnon and for the audience to consider different sides of the story One side is loyal and passionate for Agamemnon as the Herald experiences. and another is fear and horror towards Agamemnon..