represent different aspects of humanity. The two main characters of this epic‚ Achilles‚ the swift runner‚ and Hector‚ breaker of horses‚ are two character foils that‚ when combined‚ are able to represent all humanity. Achilles and Hector are character foils‚ meaning they are opposites of each other. For example‚ Hector and Achilles are fighting in different sides of the Trojan War. Hector is son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba; therefore‚ he is fighting for his hometown‚ Troy. However‚ Achilles
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Iliad I - Clash between Greek warlord Agamemnon and Achilles - Apollo caused it - Agamemnon dishonored Chryses‚ his priest‚ so Apollo struck his men with plague - Took Chryses’ daughter - Hera wanted fighting to stop‚ so influenced Achilles to call meeting to end the fighting - Achilles recommends to Agamemnon that they consult a prophet or priest - Calchas (prophet) makes deal with Achilles to tell him what he knows if he protects him - Agamemnon becomes angry‚ but accepts
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final words to Hector after Hector killed him with his spear. Hector kills Patroclus easily after Patroclus is wounded by Apollo. In his final speech‚ Patroclus claims that Hector would not be able to kill him without Apollo’s help. The most significant part of the quote is where Patroclus foretells Hector’s death‚ at the hands of Achilles. Analysis: In the quote‚ Patroclus begins his words by praising Hector‚ and Hector’s victory over him. Yet‚ Patroclus humiliates Hector by granting his
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which would be a form of egoism. Although I may have thought I was acting altruistically‚ analysis proved that I was not doing a good deed expecting nothing in return. The same can be seen in The Iliad‚ particularly in the characters Achilles and Hector. The struggle between altruism and egoism in both characters is notable throughout the epic poem and shows that neither character is inherently good or inherently selfish. The epic poem opens in Book One with a quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
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Case: Hector and Family How does the “dual perspective” apply to Hector’s situation? The dual perspective applied to hector situations because he is trying to basically joggle two life styles. One minute he has to be there for his family and provided support to help his mother and family due to the father illness that takes away from his participation with the family‚ furthermore Hector is trying to build or create a future for himself‚ but founded it difficult to stay balance between his home life
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supposed to be auctioned to supply a orphanage with money. He didn’t deliberately steal the sneakers they hit him in the head after Hector Zeroni stole them and saw the police so he threw them over the bridge. Later in the novel Stanley meets Hector and tells him why he is there and Hector describes what they look like. Stanley was convicted due to lack of evidence and Hector later admits to stealing them. Stanley was a normal kid‚ who’s descendants were supposedly cursed by Madam Zeroni‚ for his no-good-old-smelly-pig-stealing-great-grandfather
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or feels that he is disrespected he is filled full of anger. And this is exactly what happened with the God like Achilles‚ when Agamemnon dishonored him. Achilles emotions affected the story‚ when Agamemnon dishonored him‚ he killed hector‚ and when he dishonored hector after his death. As I have said Achilles was dishonored by Agamemnon. Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Achaean (Greek) armies at Troy‚ and also the king of Troy. So Agamemnon had taken a woman named Chryseis as his slave
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rouses Ares‚ god of war‚ to fight on the Trojan side. With the help of the gods‚ the Trojans begin to take the upper hand in battle. Hector and Ares prove too much for the Achaeans; the sight of a hero and god battling side by side frightens even Diomedes. The Trojan Sarpedon kills the Achaean Tlepolemus. Odysseus responds by slaughtering entire lines of Trojans‚ but Hector cuts down still more Greeks. Finally‚ Hera and Athena appeal to Zeus‚ who gives them permission to intervene on the Achaeans’ behalf
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that although Petterson has made an excellent film he has clearly left out certain aspects of the Iliad which really define the story. Both versions portray the Trojan War between Greece and Troy‚ Achilles killing Hector and King Priam visiting Achilles to ask for the body of his son Hector back. However both versions do not portray accurate versions of the fight between Menelaus and Paris‚ nor do they correctly explain why Helen has come to reside in Troy nor does the movie portray the proper burial
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name lives on forever‚ while Hector cares about winning the battle for his family and country. In one battle‚ Hector kills Patroclus thinking it was Achilles‚ which really sets Achilles off and is the reason that Achilles rejoins the war. When the two warriors finally meet near the end of the Epic‚ Hector is confronted with the fact that he is indeed going to die. Hector tries to think of ways to get out of the battle with Achilles‚ like bribery. This shows that Hector is not the perfect hero like
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