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Ismene is an enslaved woman in the household of Mynes and Briseis in Lyrnessus whom Mynes has impregnated. Briseis sees in Ismene her own fate if Lyrnessus falls to the Greeks. It is implied that the Greek warriors kill Ismene during the sack of Lyrnessus because she might be carrying a male Trojan child.
Ismene Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by Ismene or refer to Ismene. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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I’d been kind to Ismene—or I thought I had, but perhaps no kindness was possible between owner and slave, only varying degrees of brutality? I looked across the room at Ismene and thought: Yes, you’re right. My turn now.
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Ismene Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by Ismene or refer to Ismene. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
I’d been kind to Ismene—or I thought I had, but perhaps no kindness was possible between owner and slave, only varying degrees of brutality? I looked across the room at Ismene and thought: Yes, you’re right. My turn now.
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