Author

Contributions

  • Stewart, Susan. - Contributor
  • Smith, Wesley D., 1930-. - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

16,750 words, Guess

Page Count

67 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC882/.01
  • LCCPA3975.A6 S73 2001
  • LCCPA3975.A6S73 2001

Description

"In Andromache, Euripides challenges our concept of tragic character as he transforms our expectations of tragic structure. Through its subtly varied metrics, the play develops an increasingly complex plot and concludes with a simultaneous realization of realism and supernaturalism.". "The play takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, bearing him a child, Molossus. The captive Andromache is haunted by memories of her former life and by her love for Hector and their son Astyanax, both slain by the Greeks who are now her masters. As the play opens, Andromache and Molossus are threatened with death by Neoptolemus' young wife, Hermione, who has been unable to conceive a child and is fiercely jealous. The struggle between the two women is mirrored in the conflict between Peleus, who arrives to defend Andromache, and Menelaus, who arrives to help his daughter Hermione complete her bid for power."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Drama

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