Troilus and Cressida story
Troilus and Cressida (/ˈtrɔɪləs ... ˈkrɛsɪdə/) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. It was described by Frederick S. Boas as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play ends on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida. The work has in recent years "stimulated exceptionally lively critical debate".
16 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| heroism | choice | it seems a point of the story is to make ambiguous the heroism of legendary heroes such as Achilles, Ajax, and Hector |
| romantic love | choice | a point of the story was to poke fun at lovers and question tho professed constancy of sworn love |
| war | choice | the story concerned the Trojan war |
| choosing between lovers | major | Cressida choose Diomedes over Troilus after she had been sent to the Greeks |
| infatuation | major | Cressida and Troilus were besotted with each other |
| irreverence | major | Pandarus is disdainful of love and tradition; Patroculus was disdainful of everything and of honor in particular |
| love vs. career | major | central to the story was that both Troilus and Achilles neglected to commit themselves fully to the battlefield because of their respective love objects, Cressida and Patroclus |
| star-crossed lovers | major | the eponymous lovers were torn apart by fate when Cressida's father sent for her |
| the desire for vengeance | major | vengeance, famously, came to motivate Achilles in particular |
| brother and sister | minor | Hector and Cassandra |