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| Character | Troilus | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Persuasive, Inspirational | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Any | |
| Genre | Action, Romance, Historical, Tragedy, War | |
| Description | Troilus argues they should not return Helen to the Greeks | |
| Location | ACT II, Scene 2 | |
Summary
The prologue introduces us to the story. The play is about the Trojan War, the mythological war between Troy and several Greek kings led by Menelaus of Sparta. The war starts when Paris of Troy steals the beautiful Helen from Menelaus. In response, the Spartan king gathers 69 princes from several cities in Greece and attacks Troy in order to rescue Helen. The play starts in the middle of the war, that is 7 years after the war started.
In the first ACT we are introduced to the main characters in the Trojan side and Troilus' love for Cressida. The Greek army, led by Agamemnon, is going through a crisis and various commanders, such as Nestor and Ulysses, and Greek kings meet to discuss a plan of action to conquer Troy. Aeneas, a Trojan commander, brings a challenge from Hector, the greatest Trojan warrior. Hector has decided to challenge any Greek soldier in a fight and in case he is defeated, he will give up his wife to whoever he will fight. The Greek commanders choose to send Ajax instead of Achilles (who is considered the greatest Greek warrior), in order to provoke him since he is being lazy and has been avoiding fighting with the Greek army.
In the second scene of ACT II, King Priam, Hector, his brother Helenus, Paris and Troilus are discussing if is worth it to keep Helen with them when they could just return her to the Greeks and end the war. When Hector and his sister Cassandra argue that they should just give her back to the Greeks, Troilus responds that he believes they should keep her. They praised Paris in the first place when he came back from Greece with Helen. They considered her a "pearl" and a noble prize. To keep Helen, he argues, is a matter of honor.
In the first ACT we are introduced to the main characters in the Trojan side and Troilus' love for Cressida. The Greek army, led by Agamemnon, is going through a crisis and various commanders, such as Nestor and Ulysses, and Greek kings meet to discuss a plan of action to conquer Troy. Aeneas, a Trojan commander, brings a challenge from Hector, the greatest Trojan warrior. Hector has decided to challenge any Greek soldier in a fight and in case he is defeated, he will give up his wife to whoever he will fight. The Greek commanders choose to send Ajax instead of Achilles (who is considered the greatest Greek warrior), in order to provoke him since he is being lazy and has been avoiding fighting with the Greek army.
In the second scene of ACT II, King Priam, Hector, his brother Helenus, Paris and Troilus are discussing if is worth it to keep Helen with them when they could just return her to the Greeks and end the war. When Hector and his sister Cassandra argue that they should just give her back to the Greeks, Troilus responds that he believes they should keep her. They praised Paris in the first place when he came back from Greece with Helen. They considered her a "pearl" and a noble prize. To keep Helen, he argues, is a matter of honor.
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| TROILUS I take to-day a wife, and my election Is led on in the conduct of my will; My will enkindled by mine eyes and ears, Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores Of will and judgment: how may I avoid, Although my will distaste what it elected, The wife I chose? there can be no evasion To blench from this and to stand firm by honour: We turn not back the silks upon the merchant, When we have soil'd them, nor the remainder viands We do not throw in unrespective sieve, Because we now are full. It was thought meet Paris should do some vengeance on the Greeks: Your breath of full consent bellied his sails; The seas and winds, old wranglers, took a truce And did him service: he touch'd the ports desired, And for an old aunt whom the Greeks held captive, He brought a Grecian queen, whose youth and freshness Wrinkles Apollo's, and makes stale the morning. Why keep we her? the Grecians keep our aunt: Is she worth keeping? why, she is a pearl, Whose price hath launch'd above a thousand ships, And turn'd crown'd kings to merchants. If you'll avouch 'twas wisdom Paris went-- As you must needs, for you all cried 'Go, go,'-- If you'll confess he brought home noble prize-- As you must needs, for you all clapp'd your hands And cried 'Inestimable!'--why do you now The issue of your proper wisdoms rate, And do a deed that fortune never did, Beggar the estimation which you prized Richer than sea and land? O, theft most base, That we have stol'n what we do fear to keep! But, thieves, unworthy of a thing so stol'n, That in their country did them that disgrace, We fear to warrant in our native place! |
