feast ‚ thrown by Agamemnon and Helen‚ to drink to peace‚ between troy and Sparta * Helen and Paris are lovers behind Menelaus’s back. Hektor goes to see what they are doing. * Helen is afraid to wear the necklace because she is afraid that she will be caught and Paris will be killed or shipped away. Before she met him‚ she was a ghost. * Agamemnon commands all the Greek forces to fight. * Hektor warns paris not to endanger Troy * Paris kidnapped Helen. Hektor is upset. He talks
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minor character. It is the women of Agamemnon‚ not the men that have total control over the destiny of the play. The play begins with Helen running off with the Prince of Troy‚ Paris. Helen is Clytemnestra’s half-sister‚ and Clytemnestra is Agamemnon’s wife. Helen is married to Agamemnon’s brother Menelaus. Agamemnon orders his army to go and retrieve Helen for his brother‚ thus beginning the Trojan War. Agamemnon’s army is in an unfavorable position to sail to Troy. Agamemnon must kill his
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The Trojan War is explained forty lines into the Oresteia. In the midst of its short opening monologue by the Watchmen‚ the Chorus is stirred to narrate the event to the audience: With the kidnapping/seduction of Helen by the prince of Troy‚ Paris‚ the two kings‚ Menelaus and Agamemnon enter Greece into a ten-year war. The events in Agamemnon are only a small part of a larger story‚ as the Chorus makes clear in its lengthy speech. The first piece of the passage of the Chorus’ narrative confirms
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“To an Army Wife‚ in Sardis” By: Sappho Island of Lesbos Summary of Introduction (Pg.11) World Literature; An Anthology of Great Short Stories‚ Poetry‚ and Drama The introduction introduces a life of a young poet named Sappho. Sappho was known as being‚ “… among the earliest known female lyric poets.” Sappho’s poems were composed of detailed material which was recognized by the “Greek Philosopher Plato”. On the island of Lesbos‚ in the town of Eresos‚ Sappho was born to “ an
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in "Eveline" contribute to the meaning of the story at an etymological level. The name Eveline is derived from the Gaelic equivalent of Helen‚ and several comparisons have been made between Eveline and Helen of Troy. Like Helen‚ Eveline considers the option of running away to elope with a man on impulse. To Eveline‚ Buenos Aires is her Troy. However‚ unlike Helen‚ Eveline’s motivation is not love for Frank; Eveline’s main concern is her own freedom. At this point‚ Frank’s name becomes somewhat significant;
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Greek gods where Zeus rules. Mount Ida – a mountain near the city of Troy. This is where King Priam sends his son‚ Paris‚ when it is prophesized that Paris will cause the ruin of the great city. Sparta – This is where Menelaus and Helen lives‚ and where Paris stole Helen away. Aulis – a place described to be impossible to sail through as long as the north winds blow. This is where the Greek army assembles to go to Troy and wage a war. III. Character Descriptions Eris – goddess of Discord. She
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Trojan princes‚ Hector and Paris. Paris‚ who is essentially blamed for the instigation of the Trojan- Greek war‚ fails to appear on the battlefield to defend his home. Paris has chosen instead to stay at home with his bride Helen‚ for whom the Trojan armies fight. However‚ as Helen describes to Paris’ brother‚ Hector‚ “I wish I had been the wife of a better man‚ someone alive to outrage‚ with withering scorn of men” (Book VI‚ 281-282) that even she finds herself disgusted In Paris’ cowardice. Conversely
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in disguise. He forces himself on Leda and because she had also had sex with her husband‚ the Spartan king Tyndareus‚ she becomes pregnant with four fetuses. The most important of these offspring on the development of the Western civilization is Helen of the Trojan War. A close study of "Leda and the Swan" reveals how Yeats turns the violent rape into a work of art. The sonnet is a traditional fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter. The structure is Petrarchan with a clear division between the
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Iliad Narrator: Homer was called the blind poet of Greece. Very little is known about him‚ but his transcended genius is vividly impressed upon his works. His country folks called him “the Poet”. His two epics‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ were learned by heart‚ and wherever a Greek settled‚ he or she carried with him or her love for Homer. The Iliad and the Odyssey depict the complete life of the ancient Greeks in action. The Iliad showcases the passions found in and the cruelty of war. It is a
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Jo is the daughter of Helen‚ who happens to be a frequent drinker and indecent mother to her child. In the opening scene Helen and Jo move into a house that is not only indecent to live inside but‚ also happens to be right next to a slaughter house. Jo and Helen express a very inter-dependent relationship amongst one another. While talking Helen notices that Jo has pictures that are quite artistic for a child her age‚ it comes in Peter who happens to be a past lover of Helens. After conversation
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