Discussion points:
- Ch 3 (Review) - Helen review the Champions
- What is Hector's view of Paris?
- "You curse . . . your long flowing locks and your striking looks . . . when you roll and couple with the dust" (130.58, 64-5).
- What is Helen doing when we first meet her (132)?
- Consider Troy's elders' view of Helen
- "Beauty, terrible beauty" (133.190).
- Consider her view of herself (134)
- Consider what the sacrificial lambs might symbolize; specifically consider the language describing their deaths (138.346-)
- Now . . . dig the "Handsel-esque" (Zoolander) description of Paris' armour (British spelling for this one) as contrasted with Menelaus' (139.384-397).
- What is the basis of Menelaus' complaint and accusation of Paris (140.409-412).
- Consider the contrast between Paris' "prowess" in the bedroom vs the battlefield, between his hunger and Menelaus' (143).
- What is ironic about who wins the duel and who "wins" the promised prize? Is this a recap of the original
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