Have you ever thought about how some authors see themselves as characters? In this blog, I will be telling you how Cassandra and the author of Cassandra, Christa Wolf are similar. They are similar because they both were women during wartime, they are in a very oppressive environment, and lastly, they are resilient. Cassandra and Christa are similar because they are both women in wartime. Cassandra’s war was the Trojan War and Christa’s the Second World War. They're in different wars hundreds of years apart but somehow went through some of the same things. For example, they both had to look at their people in the background. Cassandra to see what they don’t, and Christa to spy for Stasi, the secret police in East Germany from 1959 to 1962 (Webb). They also had to deal with the men of their time underestimating or the women in general. On page 120, it says, “they say that Achilles shook himself; he must have believed he was out of his mind. A woman- greeting him but the sword” (Wolf)! I don’t have I citation for an experience Christa went through by we can all assume that she was underestimated, because she was a woman. Another way they were similar was, they were both in a very oppressive environment. Cassandra was told to “be silent” on multiple occasions. Crista Wolf was alive in a time where women were housewives and held their tongues. In the book, on page 126, Priam said, “Be silent, Cassandra” (Wolf). She was forced to join the German Girls League where she was required to attend the club meetings and runs by the Nazi Camp. The last reason they are very similar is they are resilient. Cassandra has been raped, held captive by her father and the enemy, and died. She was raped by Ajax the Lesser, on page 40 it reads, “Marpessa has freely expressed her affection for me ever since I was raped right before her eyes by Ajax, whom the Greeks call Ajax the Lesser” (Wolf). Her father put her in a “... round and lined with wicker“ (Wolf 129) container. Christa had to watch her neighbors, as I mentioned earlier, for the government. Among other things. In conclusion, these two strong women were very similar. They were women during wartime, they were living in a very oppressive environment, and they were resilient was how they were similar. They both lived in patriarchy. Painting by Evelyn De Morgan (1898, London).
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