Troilus and Cressida (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Shakespeare
- First Published: 1609
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Troy
- Principal Characters: Priam, Hector, Troilus, Agamemnon, Achilles, Ulysses, Ajax, Diomedes, Pandarus, Cressida
- Genres: Drama, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Betrayal, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, War, Heroes or heroism, Greek or Roman times, Trojan War
- Locales: Troy, ancient
The Story:
During the Trojan War, Troilus, younger son of Priam, King of Troy, fell in love with the lovely and unapproachable Cressida, daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest who had gone over to the side of the Greeks. Troilus, frustrated by his unrequited love, declared to Pandarus, a Trojan lord and uncle of Cressida, that he would refrain from fighting the Greeks as long as there was such turmoil in his heart. Pandarus added to Troilus’ misery by praising the incomparable beauty of Cressida; Troilus impatiently chided Pandarus, who answered that for all it mattered to him...
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