As his dying wish‚ Hector asks Achilles to return his body to Troy for burial after his death. Achilles replies that he will be left to the scavengers and the dogs. After killing Hector‚ Achilles drags his lifeless body behind his chariot. When she first hears of Hector’s death‚ Andromache is working at her loom. She fell to the ground crying when presented
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Plot Prince Hector (Eric Bana) and his young brother Paris (Orlando Bloom) negotiate peace between Troy and Sparta. Paris has fallen in love with Helen (Diane Kruger)‚ the wife of king Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson)‚ and smuggles her to Troy with him. Infuriated‚ Menelaus vows revenge. Menelaus approaches his brother Agamemnon (Brian Cox)‚ a king who has conquered every army of Greece‚ and now commands them. Agamemnon‚ who has wanted to conquer Troy for years (which would give him control of the Aegean
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Achilles and Hector The archaic belief that fighting for king and country is a great honour is one that is still significant today. Homer‚ Petersen and Malouf question whether this blind faith in honour is ‘right’ and explores the need for warriors / soldiers to be more politically aware of the reasons for such acts as war. Paris‚ for example‚ doesn’t like to fight‚ and correspondingly receives the scorn of both his family and
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Achilles Is The Hero Hector and Achilles; the proud leaders of the Greeks and the Trojans dominate the battle field throughout The Iliad. Hector wins people’s hearts‚ he is brave‚ strong‚ he cares for his family‚ he protects his people‚ and he leads his soldiers into battle! Achilles‚ on the other hand‚ is a cry baby‚ he stays in a corner when Agamemnon steals his slave girl and causes countless deaths on the Greek side. How can one argue that Achilles is a better leader when he acts so childish
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The Illiad Book 1: Summary: The Iliad begins with the Trojan War already in progress. Greek audiences would have been familiar with the background of the story‚ and here a brief summary of events is necessary to help the reader to put these events in context. It is important to remember that these stories had a life outside of Homer: he did not invent his characters or the main events of the epic. He did make key choices regarding which events and characters were to be emphasized and reinterpreted
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The Iliad By Homer (Books I – XII) Plot Summary The Iliad picks up at the end of the Trojan War –a ten-year long war fought between the Achaeans (Greek) and the Trojans. Chryses‚ the priest of Apollo‚ pleads with the Achaeans to return to him his daughter who they captured in battle. When the Achaean’s refuse‚ Apollo plague’s the Achaean’s. Agamemnon‚ leader of the Achaean’s‚ finally gives up the daughter in order to end the plague‚ but only after he is fairly compensated by taking the girl
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ground. It got up then it attacked Erick his suit was weak. Erick was very hurt he had no choice but to use the minigun on him and the missiles then he fired it hurt the monster but it was not dead Ericks new assistant made a new cure his name was Hector he flew in a jet and said he was getting read to fire at the monster Erick said “ Let me get him in a good spot so you can hit him.” Erick saw a perfect place the top of the Gates Enterprises was a good spot Erick started to lure the monster toward
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and shows the courage and bravery of a great leader; which makes them courageous and honorable leaders as illustrated by Hector in the Iliad‚ who possesses all these characteristics.
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convince the audience that education can be approached in many different ways. In fact‚ through the characters of Hector‚ Irwin‚ Dorothy Lintott and the headmaster‚ he shows us that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of teaching. The first educator properly introduced to the audience is Hector‚ a rather unusual teacher. The first scene starts in French‚ which is quite unexpected since Hector is a literature teacher. In this scene‚ we also understand Hector’s opinion about renowned universities: for
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Waste of Time”. This immediately suggests to the reader Hector’s general apathy towards the subject‚ and‚ seeming to mock Houseman goes on to quote‚ “all knowledge is useful whether or not it serves the slightest human use”. However‚ as we learn that Hector is a man of “studied eccentricity”‚ and Bennett later goes on to write in the stage directions‚ “an elaborate pantomime‚ all this” (although referring to a later comment) it could be deduced that Hector’s views of education differ from those he presents
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