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Helen of Troy Guide Questions
A. Identify the speaker for each dialogue.
____Theseus_____: 1. “The most beautiful girl in the world is here in Sparta”.
_____Helen______: 2. “Loving me kills people, destroys families, causes such grief you cannot imagine!”
__ Agamemnon___: 3. “The weight of a crown has made my brother wise beyond my expertise.”
_Paris/Alexandros_ : 4. “War is waged by nations, but it is human beings who pay the price.”
__ __Theseus_____: 5. “I'll ripen her like grapes; I'll age her like wine. When she ages just enough, I'll taste
her.”
_____Hector__ ___: 6. “Because you live, we all must die.”
____Cassandra____: 7. “You should be dead.”
______Helen_____: 8. “...but tonight, when I saw you, something began to tear away my shield to expose
the one thing I cannot endure: hope.”
_Paris/Alexandros_: 9. “I can't believe people go to war over nutmeg.”
____Archilles__ __: 10. “You should have killed me when you had the chance.”
B. Answer each question briefly. (5 pts each)
1. What did Hector tell Paris upon seeing Helen on the boat?

2. What lasting effects did Helen’s decision to abandon Greece have?

The lasting effect Helen’s decision to abandon Greece are war, sorrow, destruction and the forever lasting
death.
3. Agamemnon’s main focus is power and Achilles is the one person that can help him with this the most.
However, why is it that Achilles and Agamemnon hate each other throughout the whole film? (List
examples from the film.)

4. How much faith do the people of Troy put into the gods? Is this a strength or a weakness? Explain.
The people of troy put a lot of faith in their gods, worshiping them and basing even their most important
decisions on them. This can give them strength but also weakness, basing the most important decisions on
our live and others lives on the gods is not only risky but very dangerous. Without even full or even reliable
evidence that such gods exist the people of troy trust and worship them.
5. How important is Achilles to the Greek army? (List examples from the film.)
Achilles is quite and is important to the Greek army since he is one of the strongest soldier and fighter,
what makes him so strong is his is braveness and just his enjoyment to warfare and he does not fear death.
Just like what was shown when he fought against Paris’s (Alexandro’s) brother, Hector, he challenged
hector and even told him to take the first shot and faced his back against him showing that he does not fear
death and dying.