Andromache

role in society, Andromache demonstrates incredible vision by begging Hector, “Dearest, your own great strength will be your death…” Her saying this to him suggests that he himself did not know his strength will contribute to his death, which paints him as a character comparatively lacking in foresight. In this case, Andromache will be better serve in a position where a lack of impulsiveness and the possession of said foresight are rewarded. This is further affirmed when, Andromache states, in pleading

Andromache to Hektor In symbols unbeknown to men I come to you, heed the wife of great Hektor’s cry and return, not to thine own glory, but to the glory of a strong kingdom wherein Danaans and Achaeans alike may praise the strength of a man who holds a strong household. Unto him, Zeus, lord over all, bestows his power and favors his generation. If truly you be father, mother, brother, and husband to me, let I also be to you. Stay within Ilion’s walls and win this war through Zeus’s power, saving

descendents of Abraham, to work, and to trick so that the younger son favored by God will triumph and the people of Abraham will be numerous everywhere. Two women within these works who implement change in their communities are Andromache and Rebekah. Through the characterization of Andromache and Rebekah, they reveal the contrasting ways in which the divine manifests itself and affects the characters and their surroundings. Moira guides Iliad's story, and both women and men experience the fall of Troy. Andromache's

reactions, these women engulf the audience in 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

cut these stories short. If the hero of Troy, Hector, would have listened to his wife, Andromache, there would be no dramatic ending to his life and he would have lived out his days in shame. Luckily, even she realized this end and urged Hector to fight on for his city illustrating that, Andromache’s role in the myth was more import than audiences remember. While a main figure in the hero Hector’s life, Andromache has a small role in the overall plot of The Iliad. In lines 508-520 of Book 6, we find

differently depend on their gender in the society. In the Homer’s Iliad, Homer portrays men as the strong figure in the family; they fight to protect their family and country. From text, “For I must head home quickly so that I may see my beloved Andromache and my infant boy, and my domestic servants, since I am ignorant if ever I will see them again, or if my fate ordains my now to fall by Grecian hands. (Homer, 345-368)” Hector does not fear the war, but he is also a husband and father. He had the

Andromache’s role and nature as a woman who exemplifies the soft side of human relations that paradoxically reminds Hector of his duty to fight and hastens the fall of both Hector and Troy. Pitted against the other-worldly forces of gods and fate, Andromache demonstrates a desperate struggle to subvert the inevitable loss of Hector and the fall of Troy. Her role as the wife of Hector places her within the supposed safety of Troy’s walls as her husband fights on the front lines. Her role predominantly

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 have some minor disparities. First, in the beginning

conflicting interests are brought into play. Andromache is loved by Pyrrhus, Pyrrhus by Hermione, and Hermione by Orestes. It is only by becoming the wife of her tyrant that Andromache can save her son from being delivered up to

the generation of leaves for both future and present generations. Future generations will no longer be as Hektor’s death causes a break in the string of generations connected to him. Also, Hektor’s death causes people of this generation, such as Andromache, to look presently at the isolation and despair caused by Hektor’s death. By the end of the Iliad, the generations of leaves show not a sense of continuity but rather one of discontinuity. Hektor embodies beautifully a warrior interconnected in