It was brought up in class that Clytaemnestra could also (possibly) be like Lady Macbeth, a women who is out to rule. Though this is likely, I highly doubt it is the case for her reason for killing Agamemnon.
Her sister was kidnap by Paris, and her husband kills her daughter to go reclaim his and his brother's pride. Do you think she might just be sick of the men around her? Grieve stricken at how her family just disappeared in a blink of an eye? That she is really just left alone, with just Agamemnon and her servents for company? She has no one to confide in, no one to express how she truly feels inside, there is no Dr. Phil to come "help her help herself."
So, she has all this building up inside her until she can't take it anymore, and she snaps. She kills her husband, who I am sure forced her into the marriage, and then she realizes the perks of him being gone! Now she can be the ruler, and decided who gets sacrificed and who gets saved.
Just another example of how men are the cause of all problems :P
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