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CHARACTER ANALYSIS - Coggle Diagram
CHARACTER ANALYSIS
HECUBA
family
has two daughters, Cassandra and Polyxena Has two sons, Hector and Paris
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THEMES
suffering
‘I mourn for my dead world, my burning town,
My sons, my husband, gone, all gone!‘
doesnt want her ‘fate‘, but has preordained
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responsibility
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motherly protective to the women of troy, matriarch of troy, even when the city is gone
despite immense loss and grieving (deeply), still feels responsibility
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Relationship with Gods
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Questioning of the Gods (impact for humanity) after they have wrshipped them, as a queen different for Euripides as its uncomfortable due to the audience religion
‘oh you gods, what good are you to us? Betrayers!‘ pg 24
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‘look at me now throned in the dust‘ pg 10, symbol of the city itself
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starts with some hope ‘Lift your head up from the dust, heave up from the Earth‘ pg 9
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Cassandra
she was cursed by the God Apollo, and given the ability to see the future. However, her curse dictates that no one believes her prophecies
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