Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare from c. 1601–02

About

Set during the Trojan War, the play follows the doomed romance between the Trojan prince Troilus and the Trojan woman Cressida, whose exchange to the Greek camp puts her fidelity to an impossible test. Against a backdrop of disillusioned heroes, political cynicism, and unheroic combat, idealism about love and war is systematically dismantled.

Troilus and Cressida

Characters: 30
Words: 24.3k
Acts: 5
Scenes: 2
Duration: ~3 hr 2 min

Characters

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1

CRESSIDA

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155

2

PANDARUS

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155

3

TROILUS

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140

4

ULYSSES

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98

5

THERSITES

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93

6

ACHILLES

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75

7

HECTOR

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62

8

AGAMEMNON

—

57

26 sections

24.3k words

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1

Scene 1

220:10

Act 1

2

Act 1 Scene 1

9226:55

3

Act 1 Scene 2

2k14:47

4

Act 1 Scene 3

2.7k20:22

Act 2

5

Act 2 Scene 1

8536:24

6

Act 2 Scene 2

1.6k12:20

7

Act 2 Scene 3

1.8k13:33

Act 3

8

Act 3 Scene 1

9937:27

9

Act 3 Scene 2

1.6k12:14

10

Act 3 Scene 3

2.3k17:29

Act 4

11

Act 4 Scene 1

6164:37

12

Act 4 Scene 2

8026:01

13

Act 4 Scene 3

940:42

14

Act 4 Scene 4

1.1k8:10

15

Act 4 Scene 5

2.2k16:51

Act 5

16

Act 5 Scene 1

7555:40

17

Act 5 Scene 2

1.4k10:24

18

Act 5 Scene 3

8586:26

19

Act 5 Scene 4

2692:01

20

Act 5 Scene 5

2461:51

21

Act 5 Scene 6

2481:52

22

Act 5 Scene 7

610:27

23

Act 5 Scene 8

1040:47

24

Act 5 Scene 9

1220:55

25

Act 5 Scene 10

730:33

26

Act 5 Scene 11

4563:25

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