In Christa Wolfs Cassandra, the story of the fall of...

In Christa Wolfs Cassandra, the story of the fall of Troy is cleverly retold in a monologue that focuses on patriarchy and war. In Christa Wolfs Cassandra, the story of the fall of Troy is cleverly retold in a monologue that focuses on patriarchy and war. The novel tells the tale of the Trojan War through the eyes of Cassandra, who is the daughter of Priam and prisoner of Agamemnon. While reading the book, the reader must wonder what changes Troy is going through before and after the war. In the months leading up to the war, changes to Troy were already starting to develop as its tension with Greece increased. However, these changes didnt become obvious until after the war was over with. In the beginning, Troy was meant†¦show more content†¦To win the war, the Trojans felt they must fight unfairly as the Greeks did. This is how they started to change. As the war raged on, Troy became more like its enemy-the Greeks. This isnt good because even if the Trojans had won the war and driven the Greeks out, their post- war society would have been very different from the pre-war society. The Trojans would have lost everything they stood for. One part of war is to kill more people than your opponent, but you must keep your dignity in doing so. If the Trojans had succeeded in keeping the Greeks out of their city, then the Greeks wouldnt have viewed it as a total loss. This is because the Greeks turned the Trojans into one of their own kind deceptive, dishonest, and dishonorable. The Trojans no longer knew what they were fighting for. Then we all forgot the reason for the war. (Wolf 68) They had two enemies-the Greeks and themselves. On one hand, they wanted to kill off the Greeks, but on the other hand, they are fighting a battle with themselves. In the battle with themselves, they dont realize that they are ostracizing their women and mirroring the Greeks. The main point of war is not to kill more people, but to make a statement in doing so. If the Greeks had made the Troy a mirror of Greece, then the Greeks would have won the real war no matter who kills more enemies. The reader might now ask in what ways Troy became more like Greece. The most obvious example is its