The Trojan Women Essay

family described in Homer’s Iliad, Vergil’s Aeneid, and Euripides “The Trojan Women” not only describes ancient history in a great mythological rhetorical sense, but actually is used and directs the fate of future historical events. By using the following methods of interpretations and analysis; Social charter theory, Structuralism, and Feminism and Gender, this essay will expound upon the ideas that these theories in fact do explain the impact it had on historical events, but more significantly the societal effects reverberated throughout time. Charter theory is intertwined throughout the down fall of Hector and is family. Charter theory we first discussed by Bronislaw Malinowski while living amongst Trobriand…

When reading Euripides Trojan Women, the story focus on what occurs after the Trojan War when the city has been destroyed by the Greek Army. The story is from the perspective of the Trojan women Hecuba, her daughter Kasandra, Hector wife Andromache and Helen of Sparta. After the fall of Troy the Greek generals capture these women and they our given as trophies to the generals of the Army. During this time Hecuba queen of Troy is distort when she finds out her daughter Kasandra as priestess to…

The Importance of Comparison The three plays by Euripides that will be reviewed in this essay will be Iphigenia at Aulis, The Trojan Women, and Hippolytus. As I read each of these plays I found each more exciting than the last. The words of Euripides take the reader a step back in time and does a fantastic job giving the reader a mental image of what is going on. The stories of the Greek culture are very interesting and let the reader understand the values that were held in that period. They…

Women in The Trojan Women lose their bravery when they face struggles as a slave, leading to an unhappy lifestyle. In the passage, Hecuba’s life and family life is destroyed by their fate. Andromache, the wife of Hector, talks to Hecuba about her tragedies in her family. As a result, Hecuba’s daughter is murdered at Achilles’s tomb, therefore, she is weak because of this death. As Hecuba explains about her feelings, “It is better to die than to live a life of pain. The dead feel no sorrow” (Pg.…

most attractive man in Troy and plays a key part in the creation of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. However, while he has received “the gifts of Aphrodite”, Paris doesn’t receive much respect or honor from his fellow Trojans due to his lack of success on the battlefield. On the other hand, his brother Hector is the bravest and one of the best warriors the Trojans have in their army. In The Iliad, Homer uses tools such as sarcasm and important Greek terms in order to show the contrast…

The campaign also aims to motivate young women and girls to be confident after they hit puberty when their confidence typically drops. The Always campaign accomplishes this goal through the use of branding, challenging text statements, startling statistics and research findings on young women’s confidence, and critiquing the common place of the phrase “like a girl.” Always and the #LikeAGirl Campaign. The international feminine hygiene company…

Becoming an Apache Woman, Something Only a Girl Can Do In some cultures, an adolescent’s transition into adulthood is celebrated with an extravagant soiree, while other’s are expected to recite religious scriptures. Meanwhile for the Apaches, a native American tribe that lives in the southwestern United States, the leap into womanhood is marked by a symbolic four-day Sunrise Ceremony. The young Apache girl’s physical endurance is tested during this event, where it is believed that she will enter…

Female coming of age stories are especially intriguing, considering that society often has a set of ideals about what is of value to women and what young women should experience. The Lives of Girls and Women, by Alice Munro, introduces the story of a girl named Del growing into a woman. Del is a young girl who is primarily raised by her mother. Del explores her sexuality, her religious beliefs, her sense of self-empowerment, and the function of gender in society. Housekeeping, written by…

After carefully evaluating the speech spoken by Adrienne Rich, it was apparent that she argued for women to stand up and take control of their education instead of just tolerating it. She presents this speech to an audience of women at a women’s only institution in 1977, resulting in her speech mainly focusing on women who were academically discriminated to their belief. During her speech she desires her audience to be assertive and to strive for self-respect to help women universally, which…

it was not over yet, there were fewer and fewer advances made once we reached the 70s and 80s. Based upon the “grades” the poem’s persona receives from her husband and children, she is struggling to balance her duties as a wife and mother. The grades themselves do not focus on herself as a person but rather on her household chores. She receives an A in cooking, her best “class”, but receives an incomplete in ironing. This suggests that she neglects certain duties to perfect others. Perhaps she…