Trojan Women

The Trojan Women is a Greek tragedy by Euripides. He explores the hardships faced by the women of Troy after their land had been destroyed by the loss of the Trojan War. In the play, the women were faced with various difficulties. They were not only meant to deal with the horrors of the war like the death of their loved ones and their city in ruins but were also faced with the terror of what their future will hold. They yearn for revenge and the hope that life will recover in the future.
Awoken after the city is in ruins, the Trojan women gather together amongst Hecuba, the former queen of Troy as they wail the loss of their husbands and seek to find what they’re future may hold. However, the horrors of the war did not just end with death. Hecuba’s daughter Cassandra was raped in the temple of Athena by Aias the Less and the Greeks not only did nothing to stop him from this injustice, he was also never questioned his actions. Another saddening aspect of the war was the commandment of Astyanax, the young son of Andromache and the brave Hector to death by being thrust off the walls of Troy. This was to be done in the belief that he, being the son of a brave warrior, would rise against the Greeks when he was older. It was heartbreaking to find his corpse brought back to Hecuba towards the end of the play when his wounds were wrapped and he was buried.
The future brought the most dreadful situations for the women. Talthybius, the messenger, brought news on what was to come. The women would all be separated and enslaved by various Greeks. Hecuba worried about how her old age would support her doing household chores. Once a queen, she is now a servant to Odysseus, King of Ithaca. On enquiring about her daughters she finds that Cassandra, who is already traumatized, had been personally chosen by King Agamemnon to be his lover. This shocked her mother as her daughter has taken a sacred oath of virginity. I as a reader further noted the unbearable feeling the women may