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A review by lucysnowy
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
4.0
this was a really interesting one. for the first few scenes i was really lacking any interest or connection with any of the characters.
but there was a turnaround in the scene that depicts the confession of love between troilus and cressida. it was emotionally charged, brilliant.
cressida is such a powerful character. she knows her own mind and is unwilling to hold her tongue, even when confronted with a camp full of greek soldiers, all of whom feel that they deserve a kiss from her. she is passed from the man she loves to one she hardly knows with no choice in the matter. its brutal.
initially the love plot had much more appeal to me, the war plot being an endless set of agons about nothing, but the pace soon picks up. the final sequence of scenes in act 5 was brilliant, the pace relentless.
even the foolish characters, pandarus and thersites, managed to grow on me. all of pandarus' meddling into troilus and cressida's relationship is so funny to read, as is his treatment of helen.
very interesting to see shakespeare tackle this era of history. and much enjoyed, once the flow of the play really kicked in.
but there was a turnaround in the scene that depicts the confession of love between troilus and cressida. it was emotionally charged, brilliant.
cressida is such a powerful character. she knows her own mind and is unwilling to hold her tongue, even when confronted with a camp full of greek soldiers, all of whom feel that they deserve a kiss from her. she is passed from the man she loves to one she hardly knows with no choice in the matter. its brutal.
initially the love plot had much more appeal to me, the war plot being an endless set of agons about nothing, but the pace soon picks up. the final sequence of scenes in act 5 was brilliant, the pace relentless.
even the foolish characters, pandarus and thersites, managed to grow on me. all of pandarus' meddling into troilus and cressida's relationship is so funny to read, as is his treatment of helen.
very interesting to see shakespeare tackle this era of history. and much enjoyed, once the flow of the play really kicked in.