then killed by Polydeuces (also known as Pollux). John Rhys-Davies as King Priam of Troy- King of Troy‚ husband of Queen Hecuba‚ father of Prince Hector‚ Cassandra‚ and Prince Alexandros. Maryam d’Abo as Queen Hecuba- Wife of Priam‚ king of Troy‚ to whom she bore Hector‚ Paris‚ Cassandra‚ and 16 other children. Following the fall of Troy and the death of Priam‚ the aging Hecuba was taken prisoner by the Greeks. Emilia Fox as Cassandra-
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He compares himself to an actor‚ who‚ in a emotional speech‚ lamented and grieved over the fictional character Hecuba. Hamlet feels that he is a coward‚ as even an actor can be more emotionally involved in a fictional conflict than he is over his father’s actual murder. In this quote‚ Hamlet questions why the actor is able to be so dramatic over a fictional issue
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soul so to his own conceit That from her working all his visage wanned‚ Tears in his eyes‚ distraction in his aspect‚ A broken voice‚ and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit—and all for nothing! 585 For Hecuba! What’s Hecuba to him‚ or he to Hecuba‚ That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears 590 And cleave the general ear with horrid speech‚ Make mad the guilty and appall
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newfound knowledge makes a need for revenge stir within him‚ and it starts to eat away at Hamlet’s mind‚ soul and actions. Throughout the novel Hamlet struggles with finding the courage to kill his uncle Claudius once and for all. “What’s Hecuba to him‚ or he to Hecuba‚ that he should weep for her? What would he do‚ Had he the motive and the cue for passion that I have? … O‚ vengeance! Why‚ what an ass am I!” Hamlet scolds himself for not possessing the will power that the actor has‚ who is able to shed
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Are the ancient biblical stories and the myths of the Greeks irredeemably male oriented? All ancient societies treated women as the inferior gender. It has been historically shown that in the ancient world‚ men were the leaders‚ heroes‚ and kings‚ and women served primarily as companions‚ helpers‚ and child-bearers. In the Old Testament and throughout ancient Greek literature‚ there is a constant theme of male superiority that cannot be ignored. Men did not believe that women were capable of existing
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Act I DECAY AND CORRUPTION. (Hamlet) “O‚ that this too too sullied flesh would melt‚/ Thaw‚ and resolve itself into a dew!/or that the everlasting had not fixed /His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! Oh God‚ God‚/How weary‚stale‚ flat‚ and unprofitable /seem to me all the uses of this world!” (1‚2‚Lines 129-134.) Clearly this soliloquy shows how hamlets is distressed . His Desire for his “ flesh” to “melt” and dissolve into “dew” registers his grief over the death of his father and his mother’s remarriage
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toward women and children‚ but the three most prominent scenes were when Hecuba questions her faith in the gods‚ when the men of the Greek army divided the women amongst themselves‚ and when the messenger returns to tell them that Hector and Andromache’s son would have to be killed. Due to the circumstances that the women find themselves in‚ they all begin to question their faith in the traditional gods. For example‚ Hecuba‚ the Queen of Troy‚ finds herself questioning her faith in the gods as well
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questions. Hamlet questions the hereafter in relation to revenge‚ but he never reaches the metaphysical‚ he can only struggle with his ideas in the abstract. He succeeds in touching upon the metaphysical with the questions of ‘…Who is Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba?’. Here Hamlet gets his first sense of the Evangelical‚ but at the end of this soliloquy he reverts to his base self‚ back to desiring revenge. Another step of Hamlet’s catechism is to kill off the Sin of Pride and turn away from the Sin
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When Hector returns home from battle in Book six‚ Hector’s mom‚ Hecuba asks why he has returned from battle and if the Achaeans are pushing their forces closer. As she talks with him‚ the reader can almost hear a since of concern‚ not only is his mother concerned for him‚ but also his wife‚ Andromache. Andromache feels
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Act II‚ are similar to those of a teenager girl crazy in love. The thought of Ophelia‚ Hamlets “star-crossed” lover‚ has him going completely insane. As Hamlet is left to his lonesome at the end of Act II‚ he screams of himself‚ “What’s Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba that he should weep for her? What would he do had he the motive and the cue for passion that I have? “(2.2. 131). His anger filled rant is filled with rhetorical questions claiming he would do anything for his beloved Ophelia. He adds‚
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