The Trojan Women

Discuss how Euripides highlights the plight of women taken as slaves in war .?

1st paragraph: Hecuba

2 paragraph: Andromache and Astyanax

3 paragraph: Helen and Cassandra - gifts

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Women are parceled off as concubines and slaves. Hecuba would rather die than be enslaved, and she attempts to burn herself to death by jumping into the fire as Troy burns. She is dragged back, however, and sent to Odysseus.

Hecuba convinces her daughter-in-law, Andromache, to remain compliant to her new master in order to protect her son, who is heir to the throne. Odysseus, however, convinces the Greek army to throw the infant to its death. He even goes so far as to withhold its burial until he is sure that she does not place a curse on his ships. Andromache is given into the hands of Neoptolemos, son of Achilles.

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