... cannot put aside his pride. Patroclus then takes matters into his own hands and joins in the battle on Achilles" behalf. Although Patroclus heroically kills many enemies, his armor falls off and a soldier pierces him with a javelin. Hector then completes the murder of Patroclus by jabbing a spear into his abdomen. Achilles is so distraught by the death of his friend that he decides to avenge ... his friend and join in the war, partly to punish himself as well as to punish the Trojans. After killing Hector, Achilles denies Hector's request that his dead body be respected and drags him be...

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... emotions with empathy. Achilles, and the readers, knows if he continues to fight he is fated to die. All what Achilles desires to do is avenge Patroclus' death. Sympathy and compassion are produced for Achilles when he reenters battle because he is not returning for Agamemnon or the war itself, he is returning to fight for Patroclus' death. Achilles avenges Patroclus by killing Hector. Instead of handling ... Hector's dead body the way Patroclus' body was tormented, Achilles returns Hector's body back to Troy for a proper funeral. Homer does this to express to his readers the compassion ...

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... intervene with the mortal lives if they felt that it was necessary. In the story of the Iliad the two main characters were Agamemnon and Achilles. Achilles was seen as the great Greek hero, he was the strongest man alive at the time. His father was a god but his mother ... and he refused to fight anymore. Although Achilles is consumed by the bloodlust, pride and wrath, he also shows that he has emotions in the final book when he allows the desecrated body of Hector to be returned to his family and friends. Even though Hector killed Achilles best friend, he does the noble thing and ... al...

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... recently started ".com" era. Throughout The Iliad, written by Homer, and The Song of Roland, by Sir Thomas Mallory, both Roland and Achilles show traits of each other as history repeats itself. Both Achilles and Roland are great warriors but Achilles is more compassionate than Roland is. Roland and Achilles are fierce warriors. Achilles was a better warrior than Agamemnon, because he has had more combat time than ... been on the front line, fighting for the Greeks while Agamemnon has laid back in the ranks and left the action to the warriors in front of him. Achilles was the one person...

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... battle reaches his own ships. (1. 335-342). As the Achaians" losses mount, Agamemnon sends Odysseus to persuade Achilles to help. Once again, it is Achilles pride that stops him from accepting Agamemnon's offering and joining the battle. Although he states other reasons - that he was truly in love with Briseis (9. 341-343 ... the injured Machaon driven past his ship. " now I think the Achaians will come to my knee and stay there in supplication, for a need past endurance has come to them" (11. 608-609). Achilles makes it clear that it is not his fear of death that is stopping him from fig...

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... the tone is set that gives a clue to the escalation of this conflicted relationship between Achilles and Agamemnon: Rage: Sing; Goddess, Achilles Rage, Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls Of heroes into Hades' dark, And left their bodies to rot as feasts For dogs and birds, as Zeus' will was done. Begin with the clash between Agamemnon­­‑ The Greek ... "I hate like hell/the man who says one thing and thinks another" (317-318). Only after Patroclus, Achilles best friend was, killed did he accept reconciliations from Agamemnon and entered...

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... three stages. The first was when he feuded with Agamemnon. Next was his self induced isolation. Lastly Achilles" anger shows during his mourning of Patroclus resulting in an encounter with Hector. Achilles" feud with Agamemnon created conflict within the Greeks and furthered the plot. Agamemnon's foolish demands towards Achilles are met by a "black look." (Homer 27) "You shameless schemer, always aiming at a profitable deal ... is as if he is dead already or at least accepted his death with the decision to slay Hector. Achilles last act of anger is one with Hector's body. Lastly, Achille...

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... days. Now, at last, Patroclus' funeral can be celebrated in what Achilles sees as a fitting manner. Soon, the Gods agrees that Hector deserves a proper burial. Zeus sends Hermes to Hector's father, King Priam, whom encouraged by his grief, recovers Hector's corpse from Achilles, and  with Hector's funeral during a twelve day truce granted by Achilles. 2. Discuss the qualities and emotions of men that are implied or stressed in the story ... . Achilles- the great warrior and the mightiest man in the Greeks army. Achilles agreed to join the greeks ... ...

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... of the brutality of war. The plague was made because of a selfish Achilles. Other examples would be by the way Patroclus and Hector is killed. Apollo kills Patroclus because of his honor for Achilles. Hector is brutally killed by Achilles because of the death of his dear friend Patroclus. Hectors body was treated ... different ways of showing heroism. In the time of the Trojan War, there was an unwritten code of heroic conduct that the bravest warriors followed. Hector is a hero in his own way. Although he died in a very dreadful way, the Trojans all celebrated him as a great hero of th...

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... putting his friend in danger because he was too busy dwelling over his own dilemma. Furthermore, Achilles gains revenge for his friend death by killing Hector. He became troubled about Patroclus, but only after it was too late. Instead of respecting the dead body of Hector, Achilles drags it behind his chariot and then claims, "Hear me even in the house of Hades. I have dragged ... Hector behind my chariot and I will give him to the dogs to devour beside your funeral pyre" (E.H. 191). Achilles was attempting to retaliate for the loss of his friend, but also sought to ... show his own m...

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... the glory of winning the battles, which is understandable because he is the one who won them, and withdraws from battle causing much suffering for the Greek army. Achilles doesn't mature until the end of the story when his best friend Patroclus is killed by Hector. This confrontation with the true horror of death brings on the progression of his character from youth ... goes back to Uruk and he realizes, "Hey this is MY town." He now understands that this is his greatest accomplishment. His claim to immortality is not eternal life on earth but rather his name living on forever. This sig...

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... death of Patroklos because Agamemnon calls for battle on the Achaians. After he learns of his friends death he begins to show emotion. Achilles then calls for battle to get revenge for the death of Patroklos. Achilles then kills Hector and mistreats the corpse by dragging the body by his chariot around Patroklos" grave for nine days. The Gods preserve the corpse because they ... do not agree with the way he is treating Hector, finally Zues confronts Thetis, Achilles" mother, to have her reason with her son. Thetis begs her son to return Hector's body to Priam, he accepts the offer becau...

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... positive morals, admirable ideals, or some metaphysical abilities. With these god-like characteristics they are sent off on a mission or quest where they must face a challenge or some test. Agamemnon, Hector, Achilles, and Odysseus are to be put to the test once again to reveal who is the greatest hero. Agamemnon, king of Argos, fights boldly for his brother's wife. However, he is ... . He mocks him as he dies which is a significant error for a BIL/2 true hero to make. In the end, he is butcher by Achilles and his corpse is horribly dishonored. Hector loved his family and fought with nob...

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... the Trojans. In the tenth year, Achilles wife was taken prisoner. Achilles then stopped fighting for the Greeks. But when a friend of Achilles was killed by the great Trojan warrior Hector, Achilles returned to end the life of Hector. Next, Paris tried to shoot Achilles in the back with an arrow, but he missed badly and stuck him in the heel. This killed Achilles immediately. Soon, Paris would get ... wounded in the war, and he died too. After the deaths of ... Achilles, the Greeks wanted to give up. Then, the king of ... ...

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... it to events in the Iliad is the ability for some characters to know fates and how they accept them. This makes for a great tragedy, and the reader has a sense of helplessness and despair while following the plot. In the Iliad, for example, Achilles and Hector both know the outcome of the war the entire time that they are battling yet continue to fight anyway. They ... are both told that Troy will fall and that they both will die. They accept their fates ... and do nothing to change the outcome, fighting for their honor and glory. In Agamemnon, Cassandra knows her fate ... ...

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... include achieving honor, military glory over family life. Religious values include upholding the laws of hospitality and carrying out proper religious burial, as well as valuing the support of the Gods. Finally, personal values of warrior heroes such as Achilles and Hector are the importance of revenge and First and foremost, Homer shows that the aim of every hero is to achieve honor. This is more ... important than life itself. A hero's honor is determined by his courage and physical abilities more so than his wealth and possessions. The highest esteem can only be won in Battle ... , w...

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... that outlives them. This is why after someone is killed in battle in the Iliad there is a mad rush to acquire his armor, just as there is after Patroclus kills Hector's chariot driver, Cebriones, in Book 16, line 859. The two sides battle furiously to acquire his armor, the Trojans to protect Cebriones' honor, the Achaens to gain their own. Although ... can also gain honor through other spoils of war such as women. This can be easily seen in the beginning of the Iliad in Achilles' and Agamemnon's argument over who should receive Briseis. After sacking a Trojan-allied town, Achilles sele...

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... to his army. During battles, he was recognized as timid. Even the troops under his command knew that. Numerous facts prove that, before Achilles joined the battle against Hector, Agamemnon's personality defects were the cause of several failures of Achaians. Firstly, Agamemnon was arrogant. He was arrogant for two reasons. He ... was disrespectful to an elders, and he was very confident that he was loved by the god. For example, at the beginning of the story, Agamemnon ... old age come upon her in my own house, in Argos, far from her own land, going up and down by loom and being in my b...

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... 's innocent. The wind started to blow and one thousand Greek ships set sail to Troy. The battle goes back and forth for ten years. During these ten years, Agamemnon took Briseis for himself. Achille was furious and refused to fight for Greek anymore. But when his friend Patroclus was killed by Hector, Achilles decided to return to the war and revenge for his death. After Achille ... killed Hector, Achille was then killed by Paris on his ... heel. And soon, Paris died in the battle. The King of Ithaca, Odysseus, had ... ...

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... The Illiad is a tale of heroes and gods, it is a story of Achilles, of his anger and determination. And of his slaying of the Trojan Hector. The purpose of the war was to recover the most beautiful women in the world, Helen. She was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Menelaus went hunting, and Paris from troy came and took Helen away. After two years of ... preparation, the Greek fleet of more than 1,000 ships and 100 ... a majority of the honorable tasks were very selfish. One example of this is when hector the mighty warrior of Troy, accepts the challenge of the goddess Pallas Ath...

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