Here, as in Romeo and Juliet, passion and violence are inextricably linked. Indeed, this later play often seems to be a dark parody of the earlier, with Pandarus--a debased version of both Nurse and Friar--pimping the two young lovers, and the final "tragedy" resolving itself in the death--not of two brave lovers--but of love and bravery themselves....
William Shakespeare - Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida
William Shakespeare, Bauer Books
138
Beschreibung
Here, as in Romeo and Juliet, passion and violence are inextricably linked. Indeed, this later play often seems to be a dark parody of the earlier, with Pandarus--a debased version of both Nurse and Friar--pimping the two young lovers, and the final "tragedy" resolving itself in the death--not of two brave lovers--but of love and bravery themselves.