Tiger at the Gates (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Giraudoux
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Mythic
- Time of Work: Trojan War era
- Setting: Troy
- Principal Characters: Hector, Andromache, Paris, Helen, Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra, Ulysses, Ajax, Demokos, A Mathematician, Trojan Patriots, Troilus
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Mythological literature
- Subjects: War, Adultery, Kings, queens, or royalty, Fate or fatalism, Soldiers, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Troy, ancient
The Story:
Hector’s wife, Andromache, joyfully told Cassandra, his sister, that there would be no Trojan war because Hector, as soon as he came home, would assuage the feelings of the Greek ambassador. Cassandra, true to her reputation, claimed that she knew destiny would provoke a war. She knew this not as a result of her ability to prophesy but because she always took into account the stupidity and folly of men. Since Andromache could not understand destiny in the abstract, Cassandra offered her the picture of a tiger prowling at the palace gates and waiting for the moment...
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