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The Rape Of Cassandra Research Paper

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The rape of Cassandra
Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam, who was promised by god Apollo to teach her the art of prophecy. He hoped that she would fall in love with him but she rejected him. Apollo was so upset that he cursed her never to be believed by anyone and she was seen as a madwoman and a liar by her family and by the people of Troy. Although she was seen as liar and a madwoman by her own people, what she foresee in the future was true and it happened, it got to the point where her city was destroyed forever. At the fall of troy Cassandra ran to seek hope and strength to Athena’s temple where Ajax found her and rape her whilst clinging to Athena statue. The way she is positioning herself shows she is seeking hope whilst the other

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