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| Character | Agamemnon | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Scolding, Persuasive, Inspirational, Speech | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Action, Romance, Historical, Tragedy, War | |
| Description | Agamemnon addresses Greek kings and commanders | |
| Location | ACT I, Scene 3 | |
Summary
The prologue introduces us to the story. The play is about the Trojan War, the mythological war between Troy and several Greek kings led by Menelaus of Sparta. The war starts when Paris of Troy steals the beautiful Helen from Menelaus. In response, the Spartan king gathers 69 princes from several cities in Greece and attacks Troy in order to rescue Helen. The play starts in the middle of the war, that is 7 years after the war started.
In the first two scenes we are introduced to the main characters in the Trojan side and Troilus' love for Cressida.
In this scene we are in the Greek camp where Agamemnon, Menelaus' older brother and Greek general, is addressing several Greek princes and commanders. He is urging them not to be demoralized by the outcome of the war so far. Even if has been seven years and they still haven't defeated the Trojan army, they are fighting a great war. Greatness, he argues, comes from persistence and by overcoming difficult obstacles.
In the first two scenes we are introduced to the main characters in the Trojan side and Troilus' love for Cressida.
In this scene we are in the Greek camp where Agamemnon, Menelaus' older brother and Greek general, is addressing several Greek princes and commanders. He is urging them not to be demoralized by the outcome of the war so far. Even if has been seven years and they still haven't defeated the Trojan army, they are fighting a great war. Greatness, he argues, comes from persistence and by overcoming difficult obstacles.
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| AGAMEMNON Princes, What grief hath set the jaundice on your cheeks? The ample proposition that hope makes In all designs begun on earth below Fails in the promised largeness: cheques and disasters Grow in the veins of actions highest rear'd, As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. Nor, princes, is it matter new to us That we come short of our suppose so far That after seven years' siege yet Troy walls stand; Sith every action that hath gone before, Whereof we have record, trial did draw Bias and thwart, not answering the aim, And that unbodied figure of the thought That gave't surmised shape. Why then, you princes, Do you with cheeks abash'd behold our works, And call them shames? which are indeed nought else But the protractive trials of great Jove To find persistive constancy in men: The fineness of which metal is not found In fortune's love; for then the bold and coward, The wise and fool, the artist and unread, The hard and soft seem all affined and kin: But, in the wind and tempest of her frown, Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan, Puffing at all, winnows the light away; And what hath mass or matter, by itself Lies rich in virtue and unmingled. |
