I would recommend reading The Silence of the Girls prior to The Women of Troy. I read them rapidly and one after the other, unwilling to put them down. The Women of Troy continues the story commendably, however, and this is just my impression, it didn’t offer quite the same level of intensity, but considered together, these are an excellent pair of novels. The Silence of the Girls is the more powerful novel, it vibrates with brutality and is infused with fear it is a deeply emotional story.

GradeSaver, 20 November 2021 Web.These two novels are a victory for every person who was silenced by history, their story stolen from them and absorbed into the male narrative of war and conquest. Next Section Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Previous Section Quotes How To Cite in MLA Format Oscar, Elizabeth. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. In the event of any war, women and children suffer more than men. However, their captors are only concerned about how they will get back home. All the captured Trojan women are desperate and must cope with the death of their relatives. Trojan women were raped and impregnated by people who killed their male members. The idea behind the story is to give readers an insight into how women suffer in case of a war. The killing of Trojan men was meant to exterminate the whole Trojan population. Sometimes Briseis feels sad when she imagines that she is carrying a baby of a person who killed her father and brother. Briseis finds herself with fellow Trojan women.

Hecuba was married to Priam, the Trojan King while Andromache was married to Hector. Some of the women of Troy captured by Greek soldiers include Hecuba and Andromache. Greek warriors target and kill male Trojans and turn their women into slaves. Male members of her family have been murdered by Greek soldiers but she seems unmoved. However, they are stranded in a Trojan horse due to a strong wind which can’t allow them to sail to Greece.

After the fight ended, Greek warriors prepared themselves to get back home. Briseis recounts the events that occurred in Troy 50 years later. The story begins after Greek warriors have conquered Troy. The protagonist is a female character called Briseis. Women of Troy by Pat Barker is a story that shifts between first-person narrative and third-person narrative. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

The Women of Troy by Pat Barker