In book II of the Aeneid‚ Virgil depicts the fall of Troy as Aeneas tells his tale. Aeneas begins his story as the Greeks have constructed a giant horse. This was clearly an indication for the end of the war as there were no sign of the Greeks. However‚ this was a malicious trick by the Greeks as soldiers were in the hollow belly of the horse. At night‚ when the Trojans had fallen asleep‚ the Greek soldiers hidden in the horse came out‚ opened the gates‚ and gave the signal to the main army. Consequently
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emotions and was sort of unaffected by the war outcome. Still I like her Helen of Troy‚ or Helen or Sparta‚ one of the most controversial female characters in literature‚ has been the literary and mythic symbol of beauty and illicit love. She was the most beautiful woman in Greece best known for being the cause of the Trojan War. A wholewar which lasted for ten years. Helen‚ was flesh and blood certainly‚ but she was also immortal‚ since her father was none other than Zeus. Her mother was the beautiful
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CHARACTER IN THE FILM “TROY” (A FILM BY WOLFGANG PETERSEN) A Final Assignment submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Bahasa Indonesia by Durratus Sadiyah 2201409087 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Leadership is a human subject and as such is a complex matter. Leading others is not simply a matter of style‚ or following some how-to guides or recipes.
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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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Last May‚ Wolfgang Petersen directed a movie based on the Iliad. This movie‚ Troy‚ has proven to be a very loose adaptation of Homer’s original‚ as are almost all stories that are made into movies‚ unfortunately. With its timeless storyline‚ amazing scenery‚ gorgeous actors/actresses and most of all‚ its reported two hundred million dollar budget‚ it is easy to see why Troy was hyped up to be a box office hit. However‚ the film critics were harsh on this movie‚ as they had every right to be‚ and
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Helen of Troy has always been looked upon as the classic beauty in Greek mythology. She is “the face that launched a thousand ships”( Roman and Greek Mythology A to Z ). Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda ‚ Zeus came to Leda and mated with her disguised as a swan and Helen was born from an egg. She was the sister of Castor‚ Polydeuces and Clytemnestra; Wife of Menelaus; lover to Paris and the reason of the Trojan War. It is noted that Helen is the daughter of Tyndareus and Zeus because
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ANALYSIS OF AESCHYLUS’ AGAMEMNON Agamemnon concedes as a very disturbing in play‚ since he is a vicious man so killed the previous king of Argos for the throne and marry the daughter‚ which is Clytemnestra. The other reasons are the sacrifices of Iphigenia to Artemis‚ and I just can’t conceive of killing his blood relative and in some point he didn’t even think a mercy to his daughter. Then another one is admiring the half sister of Clytemnestra‚ which is Helen. The last one is
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The movie Troy and the epic poem‚ the Iliad‚ reveal distinct differences and similarities in several scenes such as when Achilles learns of his fate but still decides to go to war; which is a similarity‚ and two other scenes which are differences that concern the length of the war and the other is the role of the gods in the story. In both the movie and the book Thetis‚ Achilles’ mother tells him of his fate which is that if he sails for Troy he will earn glory and fame but his life will be cut
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In Aeschylus’ Agamemnon there are many different opinions about what kind of king and commander Agamemnon was. Some argued that he was good‚ while others dispute that his motives were wrong. Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ gained a strong hatred for him‚ after he sacrificed his own daughter so he could go to war. Many believe that this was not necessary and could have been overcome. The chorus seems to agree with this to an extent‚ and feels that Agamemnon could have prayed and requested that
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and Agamemnon the king of Mycenae. In The Iliad Achilles and Agamemnon are both fuelled by spite and blinded by stubbornness which causes them to suffer the consequences of their own actions. The quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon is sparked in Book 1 of The Iliad‚ Homer illustrates the detrimental impact their actions have on them
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