portrayed as a man stagnant in his ways. He is arrogant‚ impatient‚ unforgiving‚ vengeful‚ and extremely stubborn‚ and these awful attributes never cease. Achilles’ lack of compassion perplexes the present situation involving the Achaens and the Trojans by making it difficult to figure out which side is truly good and evil--both sides have good reason to fight. Even though Achilles is set in his ignorant ways‚ he does manage to do some good at the end of the story. However‚ even though he displays
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1.) Discuss literature pieces that were famous in ancient Greece known as epics Greeks have always been known for their stories and mythological culture. They explained many things in life as affects of these mythological phenomena. It wasn’t until later that they began to use science to understand how things really worked. Mythology and story-telling was exceptionally popular during the Dorian Age‚ and this was a time when Greeks weren’t very advanced. They didn’t have any written documents really
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There are SIX (6) questions in this question paper. Answer ANY FIVE (5) questions in the answer booklet. (100 MARKS) 1. Organifarm Sdn Bhd is a Cameron Highland-based retailer and distributor of fruits and vegetables. They have hundreds of smaller nurseries based around the highlands of Malaysia that grow fruits and vegetables they sell. The majority of their business is conducted online. Consumers purchase typically small quantities of products online and Organifarm coordinates
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display behavior that could be described as heroism. Hector and Achilles are similar in many ways. They are both great warriors‚ and the best in each army; Achilles is the greatest warrior on the Greeks side and Hector is the best warriors for the Trojans. They also are both proud and will never back down from a fight. For example‚ Hector refuses to come inside the city walls‚ even as his father and mother plea for him “Dear son‚ don’t try to hold your ground against this man” (Fitzgerald). However
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their very insecure days‚ people would tell oral stories of great heroes‚ like those of Achilles‚ Aeneas‚ and Roland. Achilles was a Greek war hero who fights in the Trojan War‚ a ten year long war between Greece and Troy (present day Turkey). Aeneas was an epic hero in ancient Roman folklore. He was a soldier who fought in the Trojan War and after surviving the destruction of Troy‚ he later founded the city of Rome. Roland was an epic hero of the Franks‚ a Germanic tribe in present day France. All
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Croesus. He quoted that‚ “Neither snow‚ nor rain‚ nor heat‚ nor gloom‚ of night stay these couriers from the swift completion of the opponent rounds.” Homer‚ who lived around 700B.C‚ wrote epics that became famous. He wrote The Iliad and epic about the Trojan War‚ and The Odyssey a Greek epic about a hero Odysseus. Lastly Aesop‚ who lived around 600B.C‚ he
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Over the thousands of years that the epic story the Iliad has survived‚ there has no doubt been some form of alteration to Homer’s original. 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
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there are many great characters‚ both mortal and immortal. However‚ no characters seem to match the greatness and importance of Achilles‚ the mightiest of the Greeks and Hector‚ Trojan prince and mightiest of the Trojans. Although they are the mightiest of their forces‚ their attitudes and motives for the Greek-Trojan war are completely different. Since birth‚ mighty Achilles was destined for greatness as Thetis‚ his father was told that he would bear a son greater than himself. After his birth
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like to be. The main characters that try to express this free-will are Achilles‚ Paris‚ Helen and Hector. They all illustrate this dilemma but it is deciding so that Homer lets the reader decide what is truly right. Achilles is the hero of the Trojan War and a great warrior of Greece. He his faced with many choices that shape who he is. Achilles wishes to live a long life without glory than a shorter‚ more glorious life. Not only does Achilles wish for this he soon visits his mother who faces
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episode from the famous Homeric epic ‘Iliad’‚ as the name suggests. Achilles as we know was the greatest hero of the Trojan War and his shield as mentioned here has its reference in the book eighteen of the Iliad. There Thetis‚ the sea goddess and Achilles’ mother requests Hephaestus the divine blacksmith to make a shield for Achilles whose armor has been taken away by the Trojan hero Hector when he killed Patroclus to whom Achilles had lent it. Auden here has narrated the episode of the Iliad where
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