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Cassandra, also known as Alexandra, is the daughter of the king Priam in Greek Mythology and in epics such as the Odyssey and the Iliad. While she is thought to be cynical by the people of Troy in the stories for her punishment of never being believed, she is in all actuality a very unfortunate heroine. Not only is Cassandra unfortunate, but she is a misunderstood hero as well, and it’s supposed to be made very clear that she is not only a hero, but has surprisingly great intentions in two main ways throughout the story.
One main reason that Cassandra could be considered a hero of the Trojan War that she was doomed to never be believed, but she tried to warn people of the events of the future anyways. The reason that Cassandra was doomed to …show more content…

Cassandra not using the men that loved her shows that she had her heart in the right place, and that she didn’t want to crush anyone for her own selfish gain. Even Agememnon, who had taken her as a slave, could have simply been used by her to get a new home and then be thrown away, but she had no intentions of wronging him whatsoever. It would take a very kind hearted person with such evil potential to not use that potential, and that would exactly be the case for Cassandra. And, Cassandra suffered even more torture during and after the war, like the loss of her sister, Polyxena, and her loss of virginity by force at the Temple of Athena (Morford). It comes as an even more shocking fact that she never once looked towards joining the more evil and corrupt side of the …show more content…

Even though Cassandra had a very short role in this epic, she still lost almost as much, if not more, than other characters did throughout this war. She lost her sister, her two loves, her virginity, and most of the people that she cared about, but even after all of that, even after every single awful event that transpired, she never became a villain, nor did she ever do anything evil or unlawful. It takes a true hero with a strong will to never lose that sense of righteousness, and Cassandra fits the bill for a great hero

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