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    The Iliad was one of Greek literature greatest works written by the poet Homer. The Iliad is unlike other oral literature from different times. The Iliad illustrates how people are faced with death every day‚ but find it difficult to determine the meanings of death are why death occurred. The Iliad (Book I) The Iliad concerns itself with the rage of Achilles and how it begins to break down the Achaean army‚ and how the tensions were change towards the Trojans. The Trojan War had been going

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    BACKGROUND OF DIRECTOR Name: Wolfgang Petersen Nickname: Wolfie Age:72 Date of Birth: 14 March 1941 Birthplace: Emden‚ Lower Saxony‚ Germany Nationality: Germany Spouse: Maria-Antoinette Borgel (1978 present) Ursula Seig: (?-1978 Divorced) 1 Child TRIVIA Petersen Fluent in English and German. Received “Bayerischer Verdienstorden” (Bavaria’s highest decoration) on 17 July 2003 Broke into the entertainment industry in 1960 with the hamburg Emest Deutsch Theater as an assistant director

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    Key Questions for Book XVI 1. Achilles does not agree to end his grudge with Agamemnon at the request of Patroclus as the great warrior views what Agamemnon has done – snatching his prize right from his grasp‚ the beautiful and clever princess Briseis – as an insult to his pride and honour. The fact that‚ according to the epic‚ Agamemnon did so in front of the rest of the Achaean army‚ only adds to Achilles’ humiliation. 2. Achilles agrees that instead of him casting away his grief and thinking

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    Achilles‚ the famous mythological war hero‚ is the central character in The Iliad. It is his storyline that creates the essence of the epic war written by Homer. Although it may seem that the main theme is about the dominance‚ gruesomeness‚ and destruction of Troy when the poem is first read‚ this is not the main focus. It is in The Iliad‚ that we see how Achilles transforms from youth to maturity; and grows through undergoing permanent and fundamental personality changes from a ferocious warrior

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    The Gods and Their Role in the Iliad The gods in the Iliad are characters who seem very human to us. How do their actions propel the story forward? Are they responsible for the events of the Iliad‚ or are other characters? Like normal people‚ the gods have both good and bad qualities‚ their own strengths and weaknesses‚ personal disagreements and struggles. Similarly‚ like many of the other characters‚ the gods have a key role in the determining what happens‚ even from the very beginning. While

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    Plato vs. HomerHomer’s Iliad would have been severely criticized by Socrates‚ as depicted by Plato in The Republic. Plato is critical of Greek literature and mythology and even went so far as to propose a system of censorship in the ideal city. Plato believed myths to be lies and thus the propagation of these lies should be halted in society. In The Republic he wrote‚ "Whenever they tell a tale that plays false with the true nature of gods and heroes...they are like painters whose portraits bear

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    Indarapatra and Sulayman A Filipino – Mindanawon Epic Author * There is no permanent author attributed to this epic * Even the date for this epic has no tentative or permanent approximation * It is written so that it will not be revised through generations and passed mouth-to-mouth Indarapatra & Sulayman is attributed to... * the Philippines‚ specifically in the southern major island‚ Mindanao * Mindanao is called The Land of Promise * Mindanao is the only area of the Philippines with

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    How does Ransom explore the concept of loss? Central to David Malouf’s Ransom‚ is the notion of loss‚ to deeply depict the fastidiousness and fragility of life. Achilles‚ in his quest to seek vengeance for the death of his be-loved friend‚ Patroclus‚ becomes distant as he struggles to remain emotionally intact‚ being unable to grasp onto the warrior and the leader he once was. Similarly‚ Priam’s better judgement and role as the King of Troy are clouded by the slaying of his son‚ Hector‚ acting

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    The use of similes in the Iliad is very prevalent and much used‚ and in books fourteen and fifteen in particular those similes have been very interesting. They have been used to describe the great and mighty fighters like Ajax and Hector‚ and they truly are marvelous in their comparison to the similes of the regular soldier In books fourteen and fifteen the Achaeans take the upper hand in the battle‚ and push back the Trojans. Ajax himself picks up a giant boulder and vaults it into Hector’s chest

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    In the mystical world‚ Homer’s “Iliad” portrays very distinct and personal relationships between gods and mortals. In “my world”‚ there is a relationship with a god‚ the God. Unlike the “Iliad‚” my relationship with God is not very much distinct but is very much personal. In my world‚ there is only one god‚ God. God is known as the creator of all things: the Alpha and Omega: the Beginning and the End‚ the Creator‚ the Father‚ Son‚ and Holy Spirit‚ the Bread of Life‚ and so forth. He is the only

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