The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the Achaeans demanded to take her back and conquer and make Troy fall. The movie only shows the important details and the book‚ and changes the flow of the story to make it more beautiful and appropriate for their theme. After viewing the
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Title of the Movie: Helen of Troy Directed By: John Kent Harrison Produced By: Ted Kurdyla Written By: Ronni Kern Starring: Sienna Guillory as Helen Matthew Marsden as Paris John Rhys-Davies as King Priam of Troy Emilia Fox as Cassandra‚ Princess of Troy Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon Stellan Skarsgård as Theseus Joe Montana as Achilles Katie Blake as Clytemnestra Craig Kelly as Pollux Manuel Cauchi as Paris’ Father Kristina Paris as Iphigenia Music By: Joel Goldsmith Cinematography: Edward J. Pai
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Helen of Troy (Movie Review) CAST: Sienna Guillory-----> Helen Matthew Marsden---->Paris Rufus Sewell---->Agamemnon Stellan Skarsgard----> Theseus John Rhys-Davies---->King Priam of Troy Maryam d’Abo---->Queen Hecuba Emilia Fox---->Cassandra James Callis----->Menelaus Daniel Lapaine---->Hector Nigel Whitmey---->Odysseus Joe Montana---->Achilles Helen of Troy is going to polarise audiences. As with any film based on a well-known work‚ there are
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Troy(2004) Reaction Paper This is a review/reaction paper for the movie Troy released in 2004‚ directed by Wolfgang Petersen and screenplay by David Benioff. Cast of characters: Achilles – Brad Pitt Hector – Eric Bana Helen of Troy – Diane Kruger Paris – Orlando Bloom King Priam – Peter O’Toole Menelaus – Brendan Gleeson Agamemnon – Brian Cox Patroclus – Garrett Hedlund Odysseus – Sean Bean Briseis – Rose Byrne Troy is a film adaptation of the epic Iliad. It is a good
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even displayed very little emotions and was sort of unaffected by the war outcome. Still I like her Helen of Troy‚ or Helen or Sparta‚ one of the most controversial female characters in literature‚ has been the literary and mythic symbol of beauty and illicit love. She was the most beautiful woman in Greece best known for being the cause of the Trojan War. A wholewar which lasted for ten years. Helen‚ was flesh and blood certainly‚ but she was also immortal‚ since her father was none other than Zeus
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Helen of Troy has always been looked upon as the classic beauty in Greek mythology. She is “the face that launched a thousand ships”( Roman and Greek Mythology A to Z ). Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda ‚ Zeus came to Leda and mated with her disguised as a swan and Helen was born from an egg. She was the sister of Castor‚ Polydeuces and Clytemnestra; Wife of Menelaus; lover to Paris and the reason of the Trojan War. It is noted that Helen is the daughter of Tyndareus and Zeus because
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HELEN OF TROY In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*‚ she is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War*‚ a story told by Homer in the Iliad] and the Odyssey]. Some scholars suggest that Helen was also a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds. Birth and Early Life. Some myths say that Helen’s mother was Leda‚ the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta*. Others name Nemesis‚ the goddess of revenge‚ as her
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The abduction of Helen of Troy‚ the wife of Menelaus‚ by the Trojan Prince Paris‚ was the catalyst for the Trojan War. Because of the ambiguity of the occurrence‚ there exist feelings toward Helen that are at odds with one another. There are those who feel as though Helen was unjustly snatched while others believe she willingly followed Paris to Troy. Not only was the kidnapping a reason for fighting‚ it left conflicting roots of admiration and antipathy for Helen as seen in the diction‚ form
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Helen of Troy In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy‚ also known as Helen of Sparta‚ was the daughter of Zeus and Leda‚ and was a sister of Castor‚ Pollux‚ and Clytemnestra. In Greek myths‚ she was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. By marriage she was Queen of Laconia‚ a province within Homeric Greece‚ the wife of King Menelaus. Her abduction by Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ brought about the Trojan War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes‚ Cicero
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1. WHY DOES PROTAGONIST (Helen of Troy) considered main cause of Trojan War? In Greek legend‚ the Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the city of Troy. The direct cause of this war was the beauty of Helen of Troy‚ daughter of the Greek god Zeus and Leda‚ the Queen of Sparta. Helen was much coveted by all of the men in Troy‚ so when she chose a husband‚ the King of Sparta made all men swear that they would accept Helen’s choice of a husband and that they would also defend her if anyone
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