ENGL 4723 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Pandarus, Thersites, Geoffrey Chaucer
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Bring to text knowledge of the trojan war: helen of troy kidnapped by trojan prince paris, was wife of greek warrior prince menelaus. Trojan war: getting helen back and war prizes for others. the walls. Cressida/pandarus on walls watch greek warriors go by, like helen on walls pointing out tired of being the go between. Shakespeare because of great reputation as a writer. Act i: seven years into a ten year war. Tragic comedy, dark comedy, a mixture of comedy. They both like each other, pandarus her uncle he will woo her for him greeks not an issue because they are outside who is who in (omer. Troilus doesn"t have access to cressida, but pandarus as uncle does. (e is. Link between troilus and cressida and two sets of greek warriors that won"t fight [achilles and. Seven years and haven"t won, not united, no allegiance many are there for war prizes and glory.
