Pander has two main definitions: 1. To Act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues, function as procurer. 2. To cater to the lower tastes and desire of others or exploit their weakness. On one part of the dictionary, I even find that the word, pander comes from the character, Pandarus. At this point, I have no doubt that Pandarus is the dirty uncle, who hooks up his niece as a prostitute. .
Pandarus has a comedic role in the play that he makes dirty jokes and bawdy talk during most of his presence. He might not be the main character in the play. However, as Shakespeare's tradition, these light weighted characters usually reveal the truth. Pandarus underlines the questions of other characters, irony and paradox. Pandarus ensures that the heroic language in the play is always criticized. In Act III, scene 1, Pandarus made dirty jokes about Paris and Helen's sex life, which Pandarus provides the reader the idea that Helen is a whore. Intelligence may not be an obvious characteristic in Pandarus, but he always has the ability to reduce the intensity of emotion. Pandarus detaches the audiences from what they originally thought. Pandarus seems to have no great critical capacity at all, but he always has the ability to debase it. .
Another important characteristic about Pandarus is that he is a go-between person. As how pan defines itself, Pandarus is a middle person in the play; he joins and unites the relationship of Troilus and Cressida. As an obvious result, Pandarus rotes the relationship as Troilus discover the betrayal of Cressida. Ironically, the relationship between Troilus and Pandarus seems to be simple and pure. Frankly, the truth about their relationship is actually the customer and the pimp. After reading a several times of the last passage, I start thinking maybe Troilus knows that Cressida is a whore before their relationship. However, Troilus doesnt accept the truth because he is not in love with the real Cressida, but the perfect Cressida in his mind.