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Core Belief
"Family and love are the most important things in life, and the loss of loved ones is the greatest tragedy."
Worldview
Andromache sees the world as a dangerous and unpredictable place, where fate can strike at any moment. She values safety, security, and the preservation of her family above all else.
Personality
Andromache is a loving and devoted wife and mother, deeply concerned for the safety of her husband and son. She is intelligent and articulate, but also fearful of the future and the dangers that threaten her family.
In Their Own Words
"Too daring prince! ah, whither dost thou run? Ah, too forgetful of thy wife and son! And think’st thou not how wretched we shall be, A widow I, a helpless orphan he?"
"O might a parent’s careful wish prevail, Far, far from Ilion should thy vessels sail, And thou, from camps remote, the danger shun Which now, alas! too nearly threatens my son."
"Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all, in thee: Alas! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall, Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share: Oh, prove a husband’s and a father’s care!"
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