Passion Gone too Far in Medea Passion is any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling and is not limited to just feelings of love‚ but also‚ feelings of hate (“Passion” def.1). In Euripides’s‚ Medea‚ there is a suggestion that revenge may‚ sometimes‚ be justified (Hopman 155). However‚ when revenge leads to loss of life‚ others would argue that passion has gone too far (Robertson XVI - XVII). In Euripides’s play‚ Medea‚ “a woman betrayed by Jason -- her husband of 10 years‚ a man she had murdered
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when it comes to combat because he is a good swordsman and he doesn’t fears fighting back if somethings is imposed in front of him where as when Paris fights Menelaus he backed away from the promise he had made to fight till the death for getting Helen and in the same fight Hector would not do that because he loves to fight till death. Hector and Paris both have prince like characteristics but Hector on the same hand posses capabilities to be a great warrior which Paris doesn’t. The best part in
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of them all‚ Aphrodite allows Paris to steal Menelaus’ wife‚ Helen. When Menelaus and Paris decide to battle over Helen‚ Paris is picked up and moved away from the battlefield and to his bedroom by Aphrodite. “Aphrodite snatched Paris away‚ easy work of a god‚ wrapped him in swirls of mist and set him down in his bedroom filled with scent.”(Iliad‚ 3‚ 439-441) Although Menelaus is the winner of the fight‚ Paris still ends up winning Helen. Even though Paris should have died during this battle‚ Aphrodite
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Greek poet Homer. Both the film and the poem have the same overall plots‚ such as the siege of Troy by the Greeks‚ the feud between the warrior Achilles and the king Agamemnon‚ and these events being triggered due to the Trojan prince Paris “stealing” Helen of Sparta from king Menelaus to be his wife. However there are many major differences regarding many factors of these plots. These include several major characters dying in the Iliad and surviving in the film troy‚ the time of the death of characters
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THE ODYSSEY Books 1-4 1. The story of Agamemnon‚ Aegisthus‚ Orestes and Clytaemenstra is a recurring theme during these first 4 books of the odyssey. The references I have picked up on throughout the four books are as listed: - Book 1‚ page 4‚ Section 29-48. This is the first reference to the story of Agamemnon‚ Aegisthus‚ Orestes and Clytaemenstra. In this‚ it is at an assembly of gods in Zeus’ palace. Zeus‚ who would open discussion among them‚ was in thought of the handsome Aegisthus. Zeus
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Hilda Doolittle had written many poems on the Greek figure Helen. All the poems from a different perspective with different opinions. Helen was said to be the daughter of Zeus‚ god of the sky and Leda‚ wife of king Tyndareus of Sparta. Described as the most beautiful woman to walk the earth it’s no wonder she caused a war between the leaders of Greece and Troy of who would get to marry her. This poem is describes the extreme hate that Greeks now harbour for her because of the thousands of deaths
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Achilles directly causes the death of his friend by first refusing to fight‚ leaving the Greeks at a disadvantage‚ and then poorly advising his friend Patroclus to join the other fighters. Even the initial cause of the war‚ Paris’ kidnapping of Helen‚ a Greek woman‚ is a rash and selfish act. The will of Zeus plays an important part in the events of The Iliad. Zeus’ will is infallible‚ and so‚ in a way‚ the events that occur are all destined to happen. However‚ there is a small amount of
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to get into full motion that is why the Trojan War is so different from all the other wars. On January 1st is when the wedding took place‚ the 2nd Paris place judgement‚ the 3rd Paris went to visit the king of Sparta and while he is there he steal Helen and by the 5th of January the king of Sparta realizes that his wife is missing so he starts to search for her. When he found out on the 6th he had a army put together the next day. On January 7th Greeks declared war on the Trojans. Ships set sail and
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History of the Trojan War Questions arise when you are thinking of the Trojan War and its history. How did the war start? ‚ What battle techniques did the Trojan use? Greeks? What mythical creatures and beings were involved in the war and how they changed the course of the battle? What type of battle gear did the Trojans use versus the Greeks? The Trojan war is depicted in the novel of the Iliad and described by Homer‚ the author of the Iliad. The Iliad shows the history and brutality of the warfare
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Menelaus was the king of Sparta and the husband of Helen‚ the queen of Sparta. Menelaus helped lead the Greeks in the Trojan war. During the war‚ Menelaus helped his brother Agamemnon lead an expedition against Troy. The leader of Troy was named Paris. After the war‚ Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy. This kidnapping led to the Greeks creating the plan for the Trojan Horse. The Trojan horse was built by Epeius‚ a master carpenter‚ in 1250 B.C.E.. The Greeks were frustrated because
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