Achilles’ Wrath and the Plan of Zeus The Iliad 1 begins and ends showing people in a normal state‚ before and after the wrath of Achilles has precipitated the plan of Zeus. In this normal state‚ people are capable of acting rationally‚ using experience and wisdom to guide their behavior. However‚ during the main action of the Iliad‚ the wrath of Achilles and the plan of Zeus‚ people live in an extraordinary state of human/divine crisis‚ because human emotions have broken down those barriers which
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the Iliad it is expressed that a hero is someone that strives to achieve the greatest glory when you look at the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. In this situation Agamemnon forces Achilles to give up his prize in Briseis due to being forced to give up Chryseis. Agamemnon really shames Achilles in front of the entire Greek army showing how much superior Agamemnon is. According to the Greeks glory can be shown by the
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Agamemnon When Agamemnon first comes‚ he is talking about long time being away from home and final come back. He says he is just a mortal man. He does not want that people honor him for victory- but God. He is just human and God the one who has to be praised and honored. After discussion with Clytemnestra Agamemnon changes. He becomes unreasonable and arrogant. He changes his mind. We can see that he gets influence of other people very easy. Agamemnon feels that he is the one who deserves to be honored
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of disaster. An example of his leadership is his position in the army‚ he is the highest ranking soldier because he is the best. Another example of his leadership is at the beginning of the epic‚ a plague is killing the Achaean soldiers and king Agamemnon wont give him answers; so he takes things into his own
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so close knit makes being at war a dismal time for both of them. Achilles was a man of anger and with this anger he dishonored Agamemnon‚ the commander of the Achaean forces. This forced Achilles to withdraw from the battle. After Agamemnon took Chrysies the daughter of a priest of Apollo‚ Achilles saw a way of returning to his rein in the war. He followed Agamemnon instruction in protecting the prophet with the key to saving Greece from the plague that was forced upon them in order to free Chrysies
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today. Back then‚ the most important aspect of life for a person is to be a hero and to be remembered. One’s pride comes before everything else. In the present day‚ this concept would be thought of as illogical or foolish. Achilles‚ Hector‚ and Agamemnon are all great warrior and powerful kings of their time and demonstrate the theme of pride during their life. Pride however is the downfall of all these characters in Homer’s epic poem‚ the Iliad. Achilles’ pride will never let him lose. Hector’s
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Tragedy and Drama In a range of dramatic works from Agamemnon to Hamlet‚ one sees the range of development of the tragic form‚ from the earliest Greek to the later Shakespearean tragedies. There are two basic concepts of tragedy: the concept introduced by Aristotle in his Poetics‚ and the concept developed by Frederick Nietzsche in his "The Birth of Tragedy." Many dramas can be reviewed to reveal the contrast between these two concepts of tragedy‚ and demonstrate the development of the tragic
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Examples: – Agamemnon feels dishonored by having to give up Chryseis‚ and he takes Briseis from Achilles to restore his honor. Achilles‚ in turn‚ feels his honor has been compromised by the loss of Briseis. – Hector ignores Andromache’s pleas to stop fighting because he believes he must defend the honor of Troy and thereby defend his honor as a warrior. Create a three-column chart: Character Agamemnon Achilles Hector Example of Honor or Dishonor Explanation Andromache Agamemnon • Example:
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It seems as though‚ as soon as the gods introduce and permit a certain illegal action‚ the actors dutifully carry out the crimes‚ which often include very personal domestic violence‚ in the name of the “greater good.” For Agamemnon‚ it is almost understandable – I could see how he‚ as a ruler‚ may need to prioritize the survival of his empire over his daughter and make the utilitarian choice for the “greater good.” But does he consider his wife‚ the mother of his child? He
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both have their judgement clouded by love and because of this many mistakes were made‚ many lives were lost‚ and much sorrow was shed. On page 37 Agamemnon tells Achilles‚ how he will take away Achilles’ prize of honor and the girl that Achilles has chosen to take hostage and claim as his own from him‚ because Agamemnon had to return his. After Agamemnon makes his threats‚ Achilles is angered and distraught for he cares deeply about his wife Briseis‚ and because he cared so much he made the decision
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