clouded by the thought of Hector Lajunas just now‚ but we will come to that in time. For now‚ I need your undivided attention on this‚ Eli.” “Is there a connection between this Ferryman of London‚ and Lajunas?” Eli asked. In the tunnel‚ Mr Stafford had mentioned Hector being arrested for a recent murder‚ and suspected of being behind a second. Hugh wouldn’t elaborate on that‚ only insisting that those two murders paled in comparison to The Ferryman’s known crimes. Hugh advised that we focus our
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“Hector in Search of Happiness” Many people feel trapped in their life because they know what happiness really feels like. In this movie Hector a psychiatrist feels like he isn’t happy with life and isn’t making progress with any of his patients. Angoli (one of his patients) is able to read Hector’s feelings from just looking at him and she suggests Hector to go on a journey to discover what happiness is. During Hector’s journey he discovers happiness by traveling to China‚ Africa‚ and Los Angeles
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Homer Response Prompt Achilles criticizes the “heroic code” in the Iliad. Achilles has an unusual double fate: he knows that if he goes home from Troy‚ he will have a long life without glory. If he stays‚ he will win great glory but his life will be cut short. One measure of the extraordinary experience Achilles is going through emerges from his refusal to abide by the customary rules of status‚ when he rejects Agamemnon’s offer in Book Nine. Both characters in the myth are fighting because Agamemnon
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Both texts are concerned with individuals who want to shape the way a story is told and to make that story redeem the lives of those at its centre. Discuss. Redemption is as an act performed by an individual to convince oneself that they are free from the crimes that they had committed. It relies on the redeemer themselves; redemption is achieved once the wrongdoer is satisfied that they have done what they can to repent for their deeds. Ransom by David Malouf is set during the time of the Trojan
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The author and narrator of “The Aeneid” is Publius Vergilius Maro (known simply as “Vergil”)‚ though the tale briefly transitions into Aeneas’s narrative at one point. Responding to audiences who are unfamiliar with his tale and motivated by the need to share it‚ Vergil recounts Aeneas’s story‚ from his actions during the fall of the city of Troy to his visit to the Underworld and beyond. Scholars have long studied this piece and debated its significance‚ either as a simple historical tale of fiction
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Carlie Flanagan The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is a historical fiction novel taking place c. 1200 B.C. It is set in classical Greece and Troy at the time of the Trojan War. The time period and location of the novel have a heavy influence on how male characters are portrayed versus how female characters are portrayed. The gender of the characters in the story affects their social status along with the availability of choices during the characters’ lifetimes. The female characters of
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I would have liked to be a Spartan man because they were badass fighters and had no fear of death; they spent everyday training themselves to be able to protect their families and city-state‚ which I found to be inspiring because that is one of the most honorable things a person can do. Spartan life was tough and harsh enable for them to create those hardcore warriors‚ and every aspect of their lives was in the pursuit of being the best soldier for Sparta‚ and even from their birth their bodies were
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whole pack. “Can’t have you smoking in the truck‚” Joe said as he stuck one of Hector’s prized cigarettes between his lips. “Might catch on fire.” Hector had bit the inside of his cheek. He couldn’t afford to make Joe mad. Hector’s five hundred dollars was in Joe’s pocket‚ and Hector didn’t trust him not to kick him off the truck and keep the money. Hector had been loaded up into the back of a cargo truck with thirty men‚ huddled together in the dark‚ hoping that their trust in Joe hadn’t been misplaced
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of their basic characteristics. Hector and Achilles both are courageous soldiers‚ relatively honorable men‚ and respected leaders‚ but they also both have human failings that eventually lead to tragedy. In Homer’s lyrical verses and in his use of detail‚ diction‚ meter and imagery‚ he paints his own portrait of a classic hero through the brave deeds as well as the human flaws of Hector and Achilles that eventually lead to the downfall of proud and powerful Hector. The first characteristic
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Patroklus takes Achilles’ armour and wears it into battle without his consent in fighting in it. He wanted to raise the spirits of the troops to get them fighting again since Achilles still wasn’t fighting due to the loss of Briseis. This resulted in the event of Patroklus being killed by Hektor in both sources because Hektor believed that he would be killing Achilles. This is a key similarity in both sources because‚ due to the loss of someone dear to him‚ Achilles returns to war with a mind of
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