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    Greek mythology has been astonishing since the beginning of time. Two major epic poems‚ written by Homer‚ tell of a major battle in Greece’s history‚ that of the Trojan War‚ and the journey of the Greek hero‚ Odysseus. The Iliad is that of a precursor to the Odyssey. The Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War‚ but illustrates several Greek legends‚ earlier events that took place within the war‚ and several cause and effects events that occurred within the time frame of the Trojan War.

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    poem. The “ethos‚” “pathos‚” and “logos” arguments are all distinctly employed by the vast array of characters given by the blind bard in a captivatingly realistic way. Not long after the opening scene of the epic‚ Achilles is seen trying to show Agamemnon how wrong it is that he would think to steal Achilles’s girl‚ and uses the “ethos” argument to prove it. He tells him‚ “I don’t have any quarrel with the Trojans‚ they didn’t do anything to me to make me come over here and fight . . . It’s

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    Character Analysis of Clytaemnestra In Agamemnon‚ the first of three plays from the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytaemnestra‚ is portrayed as a strong willed woman. Her strength is evident in various occasions in the play. This characteristic was not typical for women of the time period. This strong women walked the fine line between the roles of a women and man‚ a lover and fighter‚ and a subject and ruler. It is apparent that Clytaemnestra has both feminine‚ and masculine

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    Essay Outline Introduction Topic: Comparing the element Hamartia‚ to the central characters from “Hamlet‚” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” and “Agamemnon.” Thesis Statement: The central characters from “Hamlet‚” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” and “Agamemnon‚” embodies the element‚ Hamartia. Hamartia is commonly understood as a protagonist’s error or flaw that determinately leads to a chain of plot actions culminating in a reversal from their good fortune to bad. Their flaws evidently

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    Hector’s wife‚ Andromache‚ back with her. Then the classic (with a few twists) myth of the Trojan War is told. But everyone seems to blame Helen or Paris when there are a lot of other characters to receive part of the blame. For instance: the gods‚ Agamemnon‚ Menelaus‚ and even Odysseus. The reason why most blame Helen and Paris is that Helen isn’t just any Greek woman; she is the most beautiful and desirable woman alive. When Helen ran away with Paris to Troy she abandoned her country and her people

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    The Chorus

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    actors who commented (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action of the play. They tell of what we may not see or grasp thoroughly from the story. They come in many forms of attitudes foreshadowing of events and the dangers as in Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon‚ a persuasive character and teacher in Sophocles Oedipus the King and a friendly companion taking the side of the betrayed in Medea by Euripides. As with any work of literature the writing is greatly influenced on the times. The stories or poems

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    unfold the devastating events in the Iliad. Initially the book starts showing people in a normal state of life‚ but the main story of Homer’s Iliad‚ however‚ starts once there is the ignition of wrath among prominent characters of the story like Agamemnon and Achilles. In the normal state‚ people are capable of behaving rationally‚ using experience and wisdom to guide their action. However‚ during the main action of the Iliad‚ the wrath of Achilles and that of other dominant characters creates an

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    key points in to great thought helps one make up their own mind on the confusion behind this question. Achilles attitude truly expresses his true demeanor. This Greek hero has a genuinely rude and arrogant attitude. In book one‚ Achilles says to Agamemnon‚ "To me you are the most hateful of all the kings

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    this paper I want to analyse three different male attitude toward women so that may be I can find answers to my questions. In page 81‚ we see a conversation between Agamemnon and his trusted warriors (mostly he talks to Achilles) about what to do with his prize. Because her father prays to Apollo and he send plague to city‚ Agamemnon has to set Chryseis‚ his war prize‚ free. Finally he accepts to resend her but only if they are willing to give him another prize. I prefer to analyse this speach in

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    The Menin of Achilles

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    Achilles’ anger at Agamemnon and his selfish decisions. Achilles is angry because Agamemnon brought the wrath of Apollo down upon the entire Greek force. Apollo is angry at Agamemnon because he rudely refused to return his war prize‚ Chryseis‚ to her father Chryses‚ who is a priest of Apollo‚ and Chryses prays to Apollo that he would shoot and infect the Greeks with a plague so that they would die and suffer. Another time anger becomes very important to the Iliad is when Agamemnon agrees to give Chryseis

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