menelaus

Question 1

ep 3
“ this most glorious of days when i finally get my hands on that wife of mine {…} yes, i am the man, Menelaus”

Answer 1

• pronoun ‘mine’ = M sees Helen as property/possession
• Helen = 2nd concern / revenge on P = 1st
• M invested in strict gender binary: men are warriors and women are objects to serve and give pleasure to men
• M = fatuous and self serving

Question 2

ep 3
my real motive was to get my hands on the man who stole my wife

Answer 2

• play explores toxic fixed mindset -> both genders suffer
• reestablish his masculinity through war
• m is fatuous and self serving
• explores war instead of love for Helen bc that is feminine