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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The movie Troy written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen was inspired by The Iliad‚ an ancient Greek poem about the time of warrior Achilles argument with King Agamemnon during the Trojan War. Some events the film where taken straight from the Iliad‚ and is at times the two stories are very similar to one another. However there are several major differences between them‚ as Troy the movie was made to appealing to twenty first century audiences‚ where as the Iliad was meant to appeal
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June 4‚ 2012 Troy and Cory The story‚ “Fences‚” is a play written by August Wilson. The book won winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The main characters are Troy Maxson and Cory Maxson. Some ways they are both similar‚ is that they both hate one another‚ and they are alike. Some ways they’re different is that Troy likes baseball‚ while Cory likes football. Also they both did things opposite. Troy went to jail‚ while Cory went to the marines. Even though Troy and Cory are similar
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relationship with his family and friends is influenced by the conflicts and hardships that he has endured throughout his life. Troy Maxson‚ the protagonist of the play‚ changes from a responsible character who is loyal to his family and friends‚ to a character that makes wrong decisions‚ which eventually lead to the break up between he and those who love him. The numerous obstacles Troy has faced in his life have shown to have a psychological impact on the way he carries out some of his unjust decisions
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Troy Kell Troy Michael Kell is a inmate at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison‚ Utah‚ was charged with murder. Kell stabbed an inmate named Lonnie Blackmon to death on July 6‚ 1994. Before to the attack‚ Troy‚ a white supremacist‚ had been involved in race-related altercations with Blackmon before. On the day prior the killing‚ Kell and two of his othe white friends‚ Eric Daniels and Paul Payne‚ made a medical request form to visit the prison’s health check facility. Daniels
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Archaeological Site of Troy Brief Description Troy‚ with its 4‚000 years of history‚ is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1870. In scientific terms‚ its extensive remains are the most significant demonstration of the first contact between the civilizations of Anatolia and the Mediterranean world. Moreover‚ the siege of Troy by Spartan and Achaean warriors from Greece in
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Hector the Heinous In Homer’s Iliad‚ Hector is presented an intriguing character‚ a description that stems from a number of sources. First and foremost‚ unlike other main characters in the Iliad‚ including: Paris‚ Helen‚ and most of the important Achaeans‚ who all have histories‚ outside the Iliad that Homer’s audience was familiar with‚ Hector has no history outside of this story. We‚ the readers‚ are already familiar with Paris’ exploits‚ Achilles’‚ Agamemnon’s etc. but there are no tales of
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The abduction of Helen of Troy‚ the wife of Menelaus‚ by the Trojan Prince Paris‚ was the catalyst for the Trojan War. Because of the ambiguity of the occurrence‚ there exist feelings toward Helen that are at odds with one another. There are those who feel as though Helen was unjustly snatched while others believe she willingly followed Paris to Troy. Not only was the kidnapping a reason for fighting‚ it left conflicting roots of admiration and antipathy for Helen as seen in the diction‚ form
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The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the Achaeans demanded to take her back and conquer and make Troy fall. The movie only shows the important details and the book‚ and changes the flow of the story to make it more beautiful and appropriate for their theme. After viewing the
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Comparison and Contrast: Achilles and Hector In Homer ’s epic poem‚ The Iliad‚ the subject is war. The Greek army has traveled to Troy to battle the Trojan army‚ resulting in a war that rages on for the better part of a ten year time span. The men of both armies fight not only for their prospective sides‚ but also for their own personal glory‚ which is consistent with the heroic warrior code of ancient Greece. Two of the main characters‚ Achilles and Hector‚ both continuously display a complexity
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