From c402edfb9578436de120ee42bbedd1ff2f2849ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Lorimer Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 13:03:51 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] [english] personification --- english/troy.md | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) diff --git a/english/troy.md b/english/troy.md index 4f094c9..1e0118a 100644 --- a/english/troy.md +++ b/english/troy.md @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ - Poseidon & Athene destroy Greece with help from Zeus - Invasion depiction - p.26 + +- Greeks killed astyanax irrationally +- Women accept their role as slaves + ## Quotes > “The lucky ones are dead” - slug-emdez- NUTZZZZ @@ -69,3 +73,40 @@ > “After so many sorrows, and in such despair, words mean nothing” +> "muh slavery" + +## Personification + +### Hecuba + +Complains, representing elderly, voice of Women of Troy. Wise. +Personifies Troy. Persistence/hope. + +### Cassandra + +Revenge, irrationality + +### Andromache + +she ded + +--- + +### Chorus + +Represents pain, magnitude of people. Represents Women of Troy (society). Pleads to Ancient Greeks. +Effectively narrator (background info etc). Gives more context than Hecuba. + +### Talthybius + +Brutality, power. Self-serving. Analogy with Auschwitz. +Conflicted interests - doesn't want to be evil (empathises with women). However, it is his duty to Greeks. + +### Menelaus + +Power, selfishness, arrogance. +Blind to his flaws (perhaps naive). + +### Helen + +Imprisonment. Manipulative. Self-serving. -- 2.47.1