One character is skeptical of his friend's newfound love for Hermione, because the friend had previously said he hated Hermione for not returning his favors.
Characters who attempt to slow down the events of this play include Cephise and the handmaiden Cleone, who counsel reliance on reason rather than passion. The title character compares this play's central dilemma to Hector protecting Helen from being killed, before a ghost tells her to make a strategic marriage. One character is skeptical of his friend's newfound love for Hermione, because the friend had previously said he hated Hermione for not returning his favors. It opens with the arrival at Epirus of Orestes, who is asking Pyrrhus to kill the title character's son Astyanax. For 10 points, name this Jean Racine play, which shares its name with a Euripides play and is about the widow of Hector.
Characters who attempt to slow down the events of this play include Cephise and the handmaiden Cleone, who counsel reliance on reason rather than passion.
{Andromache}