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sarahbc93_ 's review for:
Helen
by Euripides
Once again, Euripides writes these really compelling and complicated women really well. Which is surprising for a man from Ancient Greece to be able to do, and especially when writing about a woman who very famously was not particularly popular in Greek mythology.
Helen, as written by Euripides, is a complicated and intelligent woman. Capable of running rings around the men in her vicinity but also desperate to be reunited with her husband. Which we don’t typically assume from what we know of the story of Helen and the war that followed her. But is actually a really interesting point of perspective.
I also liked the irony of the Trojan war being fought over a woman who was, at the end of it all, not real. Isn’t that a perfect metaphor for women being blamed for things that are entirely out of their control? I think so.
Helen, as written by Euripides, is a complicated and intelligent woman. Capable of running rings around the men in her vicinity but also desperate to be reunited with her husband. Which we don’t typically assume from what we know of the story of Helen and the war that followed her. But is actually a really interesting point of perspective.
I also liked the irony of the Trojan war being fought over a woman who was, at the end of it all, not real. Isn’t that a perfect metaphor for women being blamed for things that are entirely out of their control? I think so.