Trojan Barbie Essay

Trojan Barbie is perhaps one of the most interestingly structured and interpreted plays that I have ever. There can be many opinions on the theme of the play, as well as it is more concrete elements such as the protagonist or main character. A strong argument could be given for almost any of the women in the play though after considering the possibilities, in my opinion I believe Lotte to be the protagonist.

For our purposes, we will define protagonist as “the main character in a drama, novel, or story, around whom the action centers or a person who plays a leading or active part,” (yourdictionary.com). Lotte is obviously an integral part of the play; as it both begins and ends with her though this does not automatically make her the protagonist. The story centers around her adventure to Troy and consequently her ‘trip down the rabbit hole,’ as it were. For the most part we view

If, for example we instead took the definition that the protagonist is the one who exhibits the most action, or in the case of the Greeks the “leader of the chorus” (literarydevices.net ), I feel that by this definition the protagonist is definitely Hecuba. It is her character that leads the actions of the women in Troy and makes the biggest effort to change the inevitable events and to protect her children. Lotte, on the other hand, is merely an observer of this foreign wonderland of events looking through the wrong side of the looking glass, and though she does try to help, is ultimately not in the position to be able to do so. Consequently, even the concept of who the protagonist is can be as twisted and intertwined as the plot and rest of the themes are throughout the play. But even with the concept of the Greek definition, it also later includes the protagonist being “first actor in order of performance,” (literarydevices.net), in which the protagonist would again be