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saying, “Please,” her voice catching on the newness of the word, Helen asked me to turn it up.” - Page 108, That’s Amore This quote is significant in that it shows a somber level of pity in stark contrast to the satirical and rude voice used throughout the book. After Helen’s death David hears all the stories of Helen’s aggression, but soon his laughter on her life turns to nostalgia of the time they spent together. Although Helen was obscenely awful, David manages to look back on their time together

goddesses. It initiated when Prince Paris was given an apple from the “evil goddess of Discord, Eris,” and told him to choose the fairest goddess between three. Paris ludicrously chose the goddess who offered him the most beautiful woman. This woman was Helen, queen of Sparta. But Paris stole her from her husband and refused to give her back to Menelaus. The American-Indian war commenced in a similar fashion. The French and the Indians fought against the English and the Americans for the land. The land

Script Narrator 1 (Sarah) – Helen was afraid and this child of Zeus pulled her silvery –white lines around her, and walked silently through the Trojan women, ditching them completely. The Goddess went ahead and led her to Paris’ beautiful house, the servants quickly all found something to do. Narrator 2 (Lexy) - Helen silently moved into the large bedroom. Where Aphrodite, smiling, placed a chair for her, opposite of Paris. Helen sat down and turning her head said rudely: Helen (Candace) – “Back from

Lines 1372 to 1430 in Aeschylus’s Agamemnon is a dialogue between Clytemnestra and the Chorus right after she avenged murder on Agamemnon and Cassandra. This dialogue is essential as it gives Clytemnestra a very masculine representation as she defies the conventional female role. Aeschylus uses many literary features to properly execute her masculinity. Clytemnestra’s daring and remorseless acts ensues her rejection of femininity, which in turn allows her to be a powerful and dominant force in the

Well Zeus had visited Castor and Pollux's mother (who was Spartan Queen Leda) in the form of a swan and raped her. Leda had given birth to four children. Two of them were Castor and Clytemnestra and the other two were Pollux and Helen (who would soon to be known as Helen of Troy). As Castor and Pollux grew they had become very close with each other, so close that they were inseparable. The Twins were both brave and strong. Castor was known

Josef Affourtit Affourtit.2 February 10th, 2017 CLAS1101 The Iliad: Greeks and Their Love for ‘War’ It has long been a popular scholarly opinion that the Greeks in the Iliad were lovers of war and violence. The Greeks were most definitely primal beasts, and blood shedders, a fact made abundantly clear in the Iliad. However, I think that the Greeks were not lovers of war, furthermore I think this interpretation is shortsighted. The amount of violence in the Iliad seems to be evidence for their love

Creative Title Although Aphrodite gave Helen to Paris without her consent, Helen’s nonetheless guilty. Hecuba gave Helen the opportunity to escape Troy, and Helen denied this offer. Helen did not scream when she was being abducted. If she really was being taken against her will, she would've at least tried to fight back and scream for help. This 10 year war could’ve have been at least shortened if Helen would’ve changed her actions . In this book Helen’s famously labeled as “ the face

been around for many years. To some, like Edgar Allan Poe, Helen is a beauty beyond words, constantly praised. To others, like Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), she is a curse bestowed upon Greece. As thousands of years have passed since the Trojan War, through their uses of speech, diction, imagery, form, and tone, the two poets display their contrasting views of Helen in their poems “To Helen” and “Helen”. Edgar Allan Poe writes an ode “To Helen”. Starting from the title it is seen that he is talking directly

what fuels the Trojan War and thus the Iliad itself. Such a long standing conflict between Paris and Menelaus serves to point out the futility of honor and shame. Paris first shames Menelaus’s by stealing Helen, Menelaus’s wife, and he then, in turn, refuses to admit his wrongdoing and give back Helen, all in fear of being shamed in front of the

aspects of the event. In 2004 the movie Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen came out. Troy, based on Homer's Iliad, portrays the battle between cities of Troy and Sparta. While visiting King Menelaus of Sparta, Paris the trojan prince falls for his wife, Helen. Paris then takes her back to Troy. Richard alleva describes Paris and Helen’s love for each other as “not only beautiful but so vulnerable in their selfish love that you might regard them as children who burn down a house to see the pretty flames”