6/19/2023 0 Comments Cassandra ulysses![]() Cressida tells Troilus that she has loved him for months but not wanted to admit it. Troilus nervously paces Cressida’s garden. Paris guesses correctly he is with Cressida, but Pandarus refuses to confirm it.Īct 3 Scene 2 - ‘Hard to seem won but I was won’ ![]() Pandarus tells Helen and Paris to make excuses for Troilus’ absense at dinner with the King. In response they turn to praising Ajax extensively, and tell him he shall fight Hector the following day.Īct 3 Scene 1 - ‘So dying love lies still’ The Greek commanders come to call on Achilles but he will not stir from his tent, sending his friend Patroclus in his place. ![]() Troilus rejects the claim as madness, and Hector eventually agrees to continue the war effort.Īct 2 Scene 3 - ‘In second voice we’ll not be satisfied’ Their sister Cassandra runs in, prophesying that Troy will burn if they do not do so. Priam and his sons discuss whether it would be better to return Helen to the Greeks and end the war. Hector argues she is not worth the bloodshed. Both believe that the warrior will be selected by lottery, not knowing of Ulysses’ plan.Īct 2 Scene 2 - ‘What’s aught but as ‘tis valued?’ The Greeks discuss and decide to send Ajax, as the possibility of losing Achilles is too grave.Īct 2 Scene 1 - ‘Thou sodden-witten lord!Īchilles tells Ajax about Hector’s challenge. Aeneas enters under a truce flag from the Trojan camp to deliver a challenge from Hector to fight any warrior. Some are disheartened by the lack of progress in the siege, made worse by one of their greatest warriors, Achilles, refusing to fight. The Greek leaders gather with King Agamemnon. Some Trojan lords, including Troilus, ride by on their way back from battle. Once alone, Cressida admits that she is hiding her true feelings for Troilus.Īct 1 Scene 3 - ‘I bring a trumpet to awake his ear’ Pandarus argues that Troilus is superior but she refuses to believe him. Pandarus and Cressida discuss Hector, Troilus’ older brother. When Pandarus leaves, Troilus notes that he must keep him on side to win over Cressida.Īct 1 Scene 2 - ‘Brave Troilus, the prince of chivalry!’ Helen wife to Menelaus, living in Troy with ParisĪ prologue, dressed in armour, explains that the play is ‘beginning in the middle’ of the Trojan War.Īct 1 Scene 1 - ‘I am mad in Cressid’s love’ Troilus, son of Trojan King Priam, complains to Pandarus that he cannot fight because of his lovesickness for Cressida, his confidante’s niece. Margarelon the bastard, illegitimate son to PriamĬassandra a prophetess, daughter to Priam and Hecuba Follow Troilus and Cressida with our scene by scene synopsis.Ī printable version of this synopsis is available in the downloads section below.
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