Madame Cressida sure is a fickle young lady. She doesn't seem to know what she herself would like, and instead strings Troilus and Diomedes along. She gives Diomedes the sleeve that Troilus has given her, then chanegs her mind, then changes her mind again. She doesn't seem to care who she hurts in the process. Diomedes hangs on her every word, as she is a prize that he has won in a sense. Troilus seems to be in love with her-- at the very least, he is intensely in 'lust' with her.
Cressida is a cruel woman. She toys with the emotions of Troilus and Diomedes without a second thought. Although it is not entirely her fault that she has become Diomedes' woman, she has promised to remain true to Troilus and convenently forgets about that promise.
At first, Cressida pretends that she doesn't want to go with Diomedes, but her eventual acceptance of the situation causes me to believe that it was all an act.
Cressida should take a page out of lady Katherine's book and be a real woman. A real woman can be fiesty and play hard to get but can still be a lady when the day is done.
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Its impossible to disagree with you. At first it could be argued that Troilus was just "horny", and was looking to have sex (The point of a Shakespeare comedy was for someone to have sex, it is possible that was what he was considering). We see though that Troilus cared very much for Cressida, but came to a realization of what she is. At the end of the play he recieves a letter from Cressida, he tears it up, throws it to the side, and falls to his knees and cries. We see that Troilus really cared about her and was heartbroken. This makes it nearly impossible to view Cressida in any type of positive light. We see that Cressida is not lady like as she was presented in the beginning of the play, and just like Grumio said... she was just putting on an act, and her flirtatious nature, allows the reader to view her as a whore, and side with Troilus.
I agree in that Cressida is idecisive about what she wants and who she loves more. she is however, a woman in control. She toys with mens emotions as do I; but she doesn't use this power to its full advantage. Troilus is angry and Diomedes is eating out of her hand. A woman with this ability, such as my own, shouldn't let it go to waste; but put it to good use. Power is everything and with this war between the Greeks and Troy going on at the same time as this "love triangle" nothing should be more important.
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