Collin ENG-H101 Essay #3A Prof. Due: April 6‚ 2012 “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” Being prejudice is when opinions or feelings before the facts are known‚ without any knowledge‚ or a good reason it could be favorable opinions and dishonest opinions or attitude. People say that prejudice is an unfair and not reasonable opinions
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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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character is Hector. He was arguably the most monumental soldier that fought for the Trojans. Even though Achilles eventually becomes Hector’s demise‚ while Achilles is away‚ Hector holds his own and really inflicts some damage on the Archean army. However‚ that does not go without saying that Hector had a few character flaws throughout the Trojan War‚ particularly toward the end of The Iliad‚ when Achilles returns to battle for the Archean army. Hector loses some of his bravery that is experienced by the
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the sense of Good vs. Evil is lacking in a review of the epic poem and more of a Life and Death I was only able to find a one noted cited that would be considered Good vs. Evil. “The angry Achilles Chose not to battle while Hector chose to only want to take Achilles on”. When reading that cite it shows Achilles being the Good aspect since he chose
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The Parallels of Greek and Trojan Culture Homer’s The Iliad paints an epic and gruesome picture of the Achaeans and Trojans civilizations warring over a ten-year span. If one were to compare these once great cultures‚ the striking similarities would suggest friendship rather than enemies. Not only did both nations perform similar rituals and sacrifices‚ but also these rites were directed to the same group of gods. Specifically the Trojans and Achaeans had a tremendous respect for the dead and
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Plato vs. HomerHomer’s Iliad would have been severely criticized by Socrates‚ as depicted by Plato in The Republic. Plato is critical of Greek literature and mythology and even went so far as to propose a system of censorship in the ideal city. Plato believed myths to be lies and thus the propagation of these lies should be halted in society. In The Republic he wrote‚ "Whenever they tell a tale that plays false with the true nature of gods and heroes...they are like painters whose portraits bear
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order to show that Odysseus is part of this extraordinary group. Heroes such as Heracles‚ Achilles‚ and even Odysseus all shared various attributes which‚ with the exception of Odysseus himself‚ seemed to lead to each hero’s tragic fall from grace. Each of the aforementioned mythical men was extraordinary in some way or another; Heracles‚ of course‚ was half-god and possessed incredible strength; Achilles was dipped by his mother Thetis in the waters of Styx and was made nigh-invincible‚ and Odysseus
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As Achilles fights Trojans by the river‚ Skamandros speaks‚ “O Achilleus‚ your strength is greater‚ your acts more violent than all men’s… For the loveliness of my waters is crammed with corpses… since I am congested with the dead men you kill so brutally.”(Homer 446) Skamandros acknowledges Achilleus possesses strength unlike any other warrior‚ and inflicts bloodshed more than any other man. As a result of Achilles’s massacre‚ the river is packed with the bodies of the Trojans that Achilles has
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The Role Of Zeus in Homer ’s Iliad In the era of Homer‚ divine intervention was thought to be typical‚ and one of his foremost works‚ The Iliad‚ reflects this. Nearly all of the Greek gods are involved in the outcome of the Trojan War‚ which happens to be the background story of this epic poem. The gods are used by Homer to add twists on an otherwise standard plot of war. I shall concentrate on Zeus‚ however‚ and reflect on his actions and their outcomes on the Trojan War‚ and more importantly
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an epic hero and divine intervention. Homer characterized Achilles as a god-like‚ nearly invincible man. He is also the key to the Greeks’ success and is of a divine birth. Though one could also classify Hector as an epic hero‚ he‚ “lost his nerve” (Puchner 148) and ran from battle when Achilles drew near. The Iliad consists of many examples of the divines meddling with human affairs. For instance‚ Athena tricks Hector into fighting Achilles through appearing to him as‚ “the spitting image of Deïphobus”
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