Can Achilles be considered selfish or self preserving? Yes he can‚ not only did he leave the Greeks to fend for themselves in the battle‚ he wouldn’t return to fight with them even after his break from it‚ and he said that he would rather leave and go back to Pythia to live a long life than live a short glorious one in battle with them. He is also considered selfish to the Greeks and their soldiers‚ because they looked up to him and now‚ when they need him most‚ he is gone. In the first place Achilles
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The lookout man relayed the information to Aegisthus and he had Agamemnon’s finest warriors become preoccupied with a small confrontation in one end of the castle. In the other end of the castle‚ Aegisthus had a banquet and feast prepared for Agamemnon.
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Greeks) begin to clash after Paris‚ the Trojan prince‚ convinces Helen‚ Queen of Sparta‚ to leave her husband‚ Menelaus‚ and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that the Trojans took his wife‚ he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1‚000 ships holding 50‚000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles‚ the Greeks are able to fight the Trojans. Achilles at first doesn’t want to participate in the war
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similarities in themes or plots two of these stories stuck out to me by having a very similar theme‚ hubris. Hubris is an interesting theme because generally being proud is good‚ you are stronger and take gratification in your family‚ yourself‚ and or what you do. In both “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Richard Connell‚ the main characters suffer from hubris‚ which has tragic consequences. In “The Cask of Amontillado” this theme is apparent with Montresor
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THE ODYSSEY – Notes I. BOOK 1 A. Odysseus Captive‚ Suitors Invade i. All Greek heroes return home‚ except Odysseus ii. Odysseus held captive on island Ogygia by Calypso‚ who loves him iii. Suitors invade palace in Ithica hoping to marry Queen Penelope iv. Prince Telemachus still a young man and powerless to stop suitors B. Athena Helps‚ Penelope Mourns i. With Zeus’s permission‚ Athena travels to Ithica to help Telemachus ii. Athena disguises herself
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In a contemporary view of successful leadership‚ a leader must lead by example‚ and make no distinction between leader and soldier; however‚ in the society of the Iliad‚ leaders rule with a very different mentality. By analyzing the stark contrast in the behavior of the high class when address one another‚ verses their behavior when addressing one of lower status‚ a clear correlation between the amount of kleos one has and the way in which they are treated may be clearly observed: the more kleos
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Brian Cox as Agamemnon - King of Mycenae. Brother of Menelaus. Sean Bean as Odysseus - King of Ithaca and friend of Achilles. Considered the most clever of the Greeks. Brendan Gleeson as Menelaus - King of Sparta and husband of Helen. Brother of Agamemnon. Tyler Mane as Ajax - King of Salamis. Second to Achilles among the Greeks in terms of fighting skills. Garrett Hedlund as Patroclus - Cousin and student of Achilles. John Shrapnel as Nestor - Adviser of Agamemnon. Vincent Regan
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Achilles timé as Agamemnon has taken his prize that was gifted to him. In Homer’s society other people’s good opinions and gifts gave that hero timé (honour)‚ by taking Achilles prize (Briseis)‚ Achilles sees this as his timé being taken away‚ hurting his pride. “I take it hard when someone in power uses his authority to rob his equal and strip him of his honour.” This shows how hurt Achilles is‚ as in Homer’s society‚ timé was a very important Homeric value and it angers him that Agamemnon has used his
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lead to the downfall of a tragic hero within a piece of literature. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus is a tragic hero with a hamartia that leads to his inevitable downfall. He possesses three traits that have been debated on to be his hamartia: his hubris (excessive pride)‚ his heinous temperament‚ and his consummate determination. Of these three traits Oedipus possesses‚ I’ve believe that his hamartia is his profligate pride. Oedipus was a proud man. After all‚ who wouldn’t be proud of defeating
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The characters portrayed in the Iliad are culturally similar to the people living in the United States today‚ but they are also different from us in several ways. The people that lived during the time of Homer had different ideas on many issues. The way they viewed things were somewhat different to how we view things today. This is to be expected because throughout history many events reshaped their views and beliefs. Events such as disasters‚ plagues‚ and wars occurred which brought about change
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