Shades . Maryam Naeem. . In This Paper, I’M Going To Talk

Shades Maryam Naeem In this paper, I’m going to talk about the debate between Hecuba and Helen. They both debate in front of Menelaus. Helen tries to prove her innocence whereas, Hecuba tries to prove her wrong. Helen carefully argues as a sophist. She tries her best to win the argument. On the other hand, Hecuba tries that Menelaus doesn’t take Helen back to Greece in the same ship as his. Therefore, Helen defends her innocence by lying which is why Hecuba argues that Helen is a liar. To begin with Helen is a queen of beauty. She can set magic by laying eyes at anyone. Not to forget her speaking skills casts spell easily. She can easily persuades anyone by her charms. She cheated on her husband by leaving with Paris to Troy. She was†¦show more content†¦She tries to convince that it’s wrong to kill her because she has suffered slavery when she was away and there wasn’t any of her mistake because Paris forced to take her. Hecuba is an old widow of Priam. She lost her pride and now serving as a slave with the rest of the trojan women. She was the queen of Troy. A mother to love and shelter and all her children died. She tries to prove Helen wrong by shedding light onto her sins with reality. She blamed Helen for everything she has suffered and wanted her dead. She states that its ridiculous to blame the gods and bring them into this conversation â€Å"Don’t try to give respectability to your crime by making the goddesses out to be fools. You will certainly not convince intelligent people of this.† (980, 65). She then says that Paris was very handsome and would have never fell for Helen if she didn’t mislead him with her charms. If Paris took Helen by force why didn’t the guards hear her scream ing. She confirmed Helen wasn’t suffering from slavery but, was enjoying all the luxury that Paris provided her. She tells that she tried to help Helen so that she could run back to Greece and stop the war. T he loss of your presence will cause Paris to marry another woman. But this news was like death to Helen because she enjoyed the