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The movie Troy is about the conflict between the Greek city-states, led by Agamemnon, and Troy, ruled by Priam. These two have this conflict because Paris, Prince of Troy, fell in love with Helen, wife of Menelaus who is Agamemnon’s brother and king of Sparta, and took her back to Troy against the wishes of his brother, Hector, who, with his father, had been trying for years to make peace with Sparta and had finally gotten that peace. Agamemnon had...
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When it comes to marriage, even the most beautiful and desirable women and the most powerful and sage men can turn a blind eye to the conspiracies of people. As obvious as it may seem, marriages are not always founded on love and affection; sometimes, it takes excellent alliances to bring two people together. The most beautiful woman in Greece Helen was the most beautiful woman of the age of heroes in Greek mythology. She was the wife of Menelaus,...
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As I watch the movie Helen of Troy, at first it was just fine because I tought that it was just desame as other movies, but I was in aw on how bizarre the plot of the story for me is. I'm not really a fan of greek mythology specialy there time back then. I don't hate it at the same time I don't like it, I just think it's just so ridiculous how they live a life like that...
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As a consequence of this, women were far less represented in Ancient Greek society by a large degree, being unable to obtain any form of citizenship in their city-state – a right even freed slaves had could obtain – and were mainly restricted to their household to raise families. This lack of representation of women in Ancient Greek society was reflected in Greek poetry, as the plots poem often circled around men while the female characters were given little to...
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People create fences in everyday life that either would have a positive effect or a negative effect, meaning keeping away from his or her enemies or keeping her loved ones within close distance. In Fences, by August Wilson, Rose builds three fences that separate and keeps people close to her. The fences that Rose builds around Bono, Cory, and Troy affect how she maintains or changes her relationship with them. Rose builds her fence in her friendship with Bono to...
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