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Brandon.warren:
Hey, I’ve got a creative on the women of troy by Euripides and I have no clue what I should do, wondering if anyone got a study guide on it or where I can get learn the book better

OZLexico:
You should probably read the play first - Greek tragedies are quite short.  There is lots of information online about the Trojan War and this play is set at the end of the war when the female prisoners (members of the Trojan royal family) are being split up as prizes for the various commanders of the Greeks (living and dead).  Pick an idea from the play that interests you (loyalty, power, loss, victims) and draw on what you know from the play.  Use a minor character as a narrator, or invent one.  You might want to write the story of a following scene when these once royal women arrive in their new master's home as slaves.  Your teacher should be able to give you some more ideas.   

TSEtuition:
Hi Musty 100 and Brandon.warren,

OZLexico is right that reading the play is the first step! Your teacher should have given you parameters for your creative - usually these are options for what you can do (eg write an extra scene between two characters, alternative ending, monologue by a minor character). I would definitely check with your teacher first as sometimes they can be very grumpy if you don't do one of their options.

As for planning and writing - make sure you plan first before you write that draft! Pick one or two themes and think really hard about what you want to say about them and how you want to say it through the characters and actions. I've got a video on planning here - http://youtu.be/lqshCTcptV4, and a playlist of me giving feedback for some creative responses here - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKOm-s25Y8DZoRkARmxXJA2XdceJ9SPxR. None of these are on Women of Troy, unfortunately, but the critique I give can be applied to most texts.

Hope that was helpful!

~Shirlaine from TSEtuition

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