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ENG QUOTES- WOMEN OF TROY Flashcards

1
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“a smoked…

futility/true horror of war

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ruin, devestated by the Greek war machine” Poseidon

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“burning” and

futility/true horror of war

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“citadel, walls and domes” being consumed by “the hungry flames”

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“the greeks…

futility/true horror of war

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have butchered the lot” as they transform “the great city” into “the wilderness”

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4
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“tens…

victory and defeat

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thousands dead” withe the reasons behind the Trojan war, being “one woman” and “one uncontrollable lust”.

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5
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“they

victory and defeat

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kept on dying, and for what reason”
* euripides prompts the audience to reflect on the cause of war, propounding that it cannot be justified.

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the metaphorical “crown of…

victory and defeat

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honour”, coupled with the synonymous words “pride”, “nob[ility]” and “dignity” repeated in succession, have the effects of giving meaning to the Trojan soldiers’ sacrifice, rendering them worthwhile as they “died fighting for their fatherland”

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“lying…

suffering of women

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face down quiet still” herein gains pathos of the Athenian audience, depicting the futility of war on the protagonist.

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“howl’s…

suffering of women

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of agony” “howl for children dead” animal imagery enables Euripides to amplify the unbearable pain of the protagonst, rendering its sorrow that beyond the human endurance.

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9
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“wretched

suffering of women

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our women of Troy” Hecuba

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“dehumanised

suffering of women

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reduced to a thing” The chorus
* inflating the barbaric crimes of the Greeks and wretched fate of the women as they are treated as commodities, entering live of slavery

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“we are…

suffering of women

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loot” equates Andromache and her son as objects, reflecting the ways they are treated by the Greek army.

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“to die…

suffering of women

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is better than life of agony”, “lucky ones are dead” difficult to find a reason to live

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“throned in…

suffering of women

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dust” and wears a “crown of pain” –> regal pain

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“oh my

suffering of women

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poor girl, butchered like an animal”

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15
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“troy,

motherhood

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mother of us all! Hecuba

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16
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“like a

motherhood

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motherbird at the plunder nest” a simile

17
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“to be

motherhood

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callously murdered, butchered by the Greeks!” Andromache

18
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“What has he done

motherhood

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in his innocence? He’s guilty of nothing!” highlights Astynax’s innocence as it highlights the moral degradation of the Greeks.

19
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“blood’s still

motherhood

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oozing from the broken bones, laughing at us in the mockery of life” personify Astynax’s blood which is seen “laughing…”

encapsulates the horror of war

20
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“that will

gender role

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be a warning to all women in the future to be chaste and moral in their behaviour.” Menelaus –> societal norms imposed on women

21
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“special…

gender role

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note of her, and took her for himself” Talthybius

  • misogyny is divulged through his dismissal of Cassandra’s impending tragic fate as Agamemnon’s concubine. Highlights inherent gap between men and women
22
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“her fate

plight of women

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is settled”

  • talthybius embodies both barbarism and morality.
23
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“there’s

plight of women

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nothing you can do. You are quite without any power to prevent it” Talthybius –> reinforces women as second-class citizen and as inferior exchanged objects.

24
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“a whole

plight of women

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generation of women raped in their own bedrooms, breeding bastards for the Greek”

25
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“torches

hope and despair

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casting puddles of light in the darkened palaces” –> women’s stoic preservance. Associates these torches with Cassandra’s wedding torches which ironically employs them as “grotesque parody”

26
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“lift

hope and despair

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up you head, heave up from the dust” –> have hope because “to be dead is to be nothing”

27
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“my legs

hope and despair

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are trembling, but i won’t fall” –> powerful women who exhibits her internal strength and fortitude.

28
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“let the

fate/fortune and the gods

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wind fill our sail”, “wait for…the following wind” –> foreground dependence on the gods

29
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“i shall

fate/fortune and the gods

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make the Greeks return home in a disaster” “mountainous waves” –> Athene’s anger

“fear the power of the gods”

30
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“oh you

fate/fortune and the gods

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gods, what good were you to us? Betrayers!” –> apostrophises the gods

31
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“oh zeus

fate/fortune and the gods

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…you have betrayed us to the Greeks”, “[their] eyes are open now”

32
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“do you even

fate/fortune and the gods

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remember…that we exist?–> Zeus has taken advanatge of their religious beliefs

33
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“vindictive

fate/fortune and the gods

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gods” “But why bother call on them? We called before, and they didn’t hear us. they ignored our prayers”

gods are fickle and devoid of loyalty

34
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“the gods

fate/fortune and the gods

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hate Troy”

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