Literary Techniques (Leaving Cert Classical Studies): Flashcards

All action occurs before Troy's destroyed walls

Aftermath & grief, not battles/action on stage

Gods appear in prologue but don't rescue anyone

Central dramatic device; extended solo laments

Solo laments delivered by main characters

Suffering of women and children

'Celebrates' enslavement, prophesies Agamemnon's death

Trojan women; collective voice of suffering

Household

Helen's sophisticated argumentation to shift blame

Destruction; Troy burning

Innocence & Troy's destroyed future

From heroic protection to child's burial bier

Grief passes: Hecuba→Cassandra→Andromache→Helen

Mournful, relentless, lacking catharsis