Hecuba

Euripides represents Hecuba as having deteriorated in character since the fall of Troy. Hecuba showed several phases of change in character throughout the play. From her speech with Odysseus, we can infer her character traits before the fall of Troy. Lines 1 and 2 of passage 2 show that Odysseus owes Hecuba for saving his life. In fact, Odysseus came to Hecuba as a spy to the Greeks, and he was caught by Helen, yet Hecuba let him go. Despite the power she had at the time

Kathleen: Our play was the tragedy Hecuba which was written by Euripides in 424 BC, 7 years after the beginning of the Peloponnesian and Archidamian War which was fought between Athens and Sparta. Euripides was an Athenian who was born around 485BC on the island of Salamis which is off the coast of Piraeus. He competed several times in Athens’ annual City Dionysia, which, as we know, was a dramatic festival held in honour of Dionysus. This means that the majority of his audience would have been Athenians

In the play “Hecuba” hecuba got some revenge on the family friend. She got revenge on him because he killed her last son. Hecuba planned to tell her son to rebuild the city of troy. At first, she did not know her son was killed by the family friend. The family friend, polymestor, killed hecuba’s son because he wanted the gold that her son was left by hecuba. Hecuba didn’t understand why the family friend wanted to kill him because he would have given him for gold after he had built up the city of

overwhelming grief and irresistible pride. Euripides emphasizes these four women to help us understand one of his main themes. Hecuba with her pride, Cassandra with her virginity and uncanny wisdom, Andromache with her misery and heartache, and Helen with her powerful, seductive reasoning all represent superior illustrations of feminism throughout the play. The first woman introduced is Hecuba, who grieves for her family, people, and ravaged homeland. She says, “Sorrow, my sorrow. What sorrow is there

Next, the allusion to Hecuba is very important. Hecuba was a Trojan queen of classical age mythology. Earlier in the scene Hamlet had asked an actor to act out a monologue in which the actor analyzed Hecuba's response to the death of her husband, King Priam. The actor told us that Hecuba's

Euripides’s tragedy play The Trojan Women took place in the now destroyed and mutilated city of Troy, after the mythological Trojan War and the historical Peloponnesian War. This play was the last of a trilogy that Euripides wrote concerning the events of the leading up to Trojan War, the war itself, and the aftermath . The two leading Greek city states at the time, Athens and Sparta, are the ones who are involved in the almost three decades of conflict, leaving the Greek sphere in pieces and cities

The movie The Trojan Women (1971) is a successful and compelling contemporary adaption of the tragedy The Trojan Women, written by Euripides. Overall, the film follows the whole plot very well and depicts the main characters of Euripides’ work expressly, especially characters like Cassandra, Andromache, and Helen. Although the director of the film has made a few slight alterations, audience can feel Trojan women’s grief and pain and comprehend the plot with no trouble. The film and the ancient play

Grief can be a controlling force, it can cause and individual to change as a person, and grief can strongly influence one’s actions. The sorrow from the loss of a loved can be burdensome and can take a toll on one and their family. Priam explains to Hecuba, “It is eleven days now since Hector’s death and we have done nothing, all of us, but weep and sit stunned with grief” (Malouf 50). Priam’s family is depressed over the loss of their son Hector. It controls their emotions and the way they think of

In this paper, I’m going to talk about the debate between Hecuba and Helen. They both debate in front of Menelaus. Helen tries to prove her innocence whereas, Hecuba tries to prove her wrong. Helen carefully argues as a sophist. She tries her best to win the argument. On the other hand, Hecuba tries that Menelaus doesn’t take Helen back to Greece in the same ship as his. Therefore, Helen defends her innocence by lying which is why Hecuba argues that Helen is a liar. To begin with Helen is a queen

The role and treatment of women is similar in both Homer’s Iliad and Euripides’ Trojan Women. Both works focus on women as passive and helpless people in the midst of war. Homer’s Iliad portrays the role and treatment of women during the war, while in contrast Euripides’ Trojan Women looks at the role and treatment of women after the war has been won. Both authors highlight that the women are treated less like human beings and more like objects for men. Homer’s portrayal of female characters in