the main character‚ Achilles‚ to fight his battles‚ even though Achilles hates fighting for him and only fights for himself. A fleet of one thousand Greek ships sails to Troy and a battle occurs. After Achilles kills Hector out of revenge for Hector killing his cousin Patroclus and drags Hector’s body behind his chariot to the Greek encampment‚ King Priam comes to the Greek camp by their boats and begs for Hector’s body back‚ Achilles agrees to give the body back and Achilles promises twelve days
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According to The Iliad‚ the experiential truth of anger is what Achilles struggles with due to the fact that he feels he is being dishonored. The study of Ancient Anger states “The failure of the embassy demonstrates that Achilles is so locked into his blind self-absorption and anger that even the most powerful considerations of rational self-interest‚ of social prestige‚ and of the professed love of his friends are not capable of swaying him.” (Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most.‚ p.66). He struggles
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movie was the absence of the Gods in the movie. In Homer’s Iliad‚ the Gods played a very major part in the Trojan War. Although we‚ as viewers were aware that the characters believed in the Gods‚ the only God we actually saw in the movie was Thetis‚ Achilles’ mother. I understand that the omission of the Gods from the movie might have been due to the reason that the director and writer wanted to give the audience the feeling that the characters are believable‚ however‚ in my opinion by omitting the Gods
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Characters A. The protagonist is Achilles. Achilles is a dynamic and round character. Achilles is the son of Peleus and Thetis‚ grandson of Aeacus‚ commander of the Myrmidons‚ Achaean allies. B. The antagonists are fate/destiny‚ Hector‚ and the intervention of the gods. Achilles’ fate was to die‚ if he fought the Trojans. Hector killed Patroclus (Achilles’ best friend) which brought Achilles into the war‚ and he cursed Achilles before dying. The intervention of the gods pretty caused
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Farhood Bahadori Classical Mythology Professor Sina Jafari 5 July 2012 Guidelines for the Comparative analysis of the movie "Troy" and "The Iliad" Your comparative essay should be typed in single space paragraphing (font 12 Times New Roman) and it should be at least 500 words. (I will use the "word count" feature in Microsoft Word to check the number of words.) Try not to exceed 1000 words at most. Your essay should be the result of your own contemplations‚ observations and conclusions. You
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side of the Greeks and want to destroy Troy. Everything which happens in the war is controlled by Gods and Goddesses and humans are purely their pawns. While in Troy‚ the Gods and Goddesses has only few appeared in the film like Thetis‚ mother of Achilles. There is no “sword of Troy” it is all invented by the filmmakers and Aeneas‚ in the Iliad‚ is already well-known by Paris. They were relative while in the movie‚ Paris asks his name and then gave the so called “sword of Troy”. Menelaus was not
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Berkshires of New England. During one of his classes‚ Silk makes a classical allusion to the conflict between the powerful King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles over the maiden Briseis in Homer ’s epic‚ the Iliad. Agamemnon steals Briseis ‚ who is a war prize of Achilles‚ after he returns his own captured maiden‚ Chryseis‚ back to her father. Achilles is enraged by Agamemnon ’s actions and vows to never assist the Greeks in their quests again. Silk is unknowingly describing‚ symbolically‚ the situation
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Helen of course probably the most important or definitely most impacting‚ Homer provides a small insight into the social roles of women. Women in the Iliad are surrounded by strong male influences such as Hector and Achilles. The poem glorifies war and these male heroes and gods excessively allowing for the mortal women to play minor roles. For example Helen points out the disgrace of Paris after the embarrassment by Menelaus and Andromache helps influence Hector both
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and they were recognised by the audience of the epics.( Outwardly‚ the heroes of the Iliad and the ones who possess arête in the greatest quantities are Achilles and Hector‚ equal heroes on each side of the Trojan war. In equal measure‚ although slightly less predominantly‚ is the arête displayed by Nestor and Priam‚ King of Troy.( Achilles was born to an immortal goddess and his fate determined that his was to be a short‚
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the population is getting bigger and bigger.. (hmmm.) Ah! Maybe a great war will sweep the people over Greece. Narrator: This war is the Trojan War‚ but before the Trojan War‚ Thetis‚ a minor goddess is married to a mortal Peleus. Through this‚ Achilles‚ the greatest warrior‚ is born. Friends of Thetis and Peleus: This is a great wedding banquet! Narrator: Meanwhile‚ Eris‚ the goddess of mischief is not invited to the wedding feast and makes him feel insulted. Eris: Why‚ why don’t they invite
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