POLI 1001 Midterm: Exam 2 Review
Document Summary
Power is the ability to exercise one"s will over others. It affects not only personal relationships but also shapes social groups, organizations, and governments. Authority is power that is accepted by people. It is power in which people agree to follow because of the belief that it is beneficial or true. Abnormal psychology (what makes people go mad and succumb to madness/obsession) Female heroines (use of women is unusual for greeks) Open questioning the religion and the gods (and the place of both in society) Polymestor: king of thrace; trusted friend of hecuba and priam; godparent of. Polydorus: son of hecuba and priam; killed by polymestor; his ghost opens the play. Polyxena: daughter of hecuba and priam; sacrificed to the ghost of achilles; died nobly, refusing to beg for her life because she"d rather be dead than a slave. Cassandra: daughter of hecuba and priam; mistress of agamemnon; nobody believes her predictions due to the curse apollo put on her.
