... fight, it simply just redirected his anger from Agamemnon towards Hector, which was who killed Patroclus. Achilles mourns from the death of Patroclus, but his anger is only put on hold. He quickly avenges Patroclus" death by killing Hector and brutally dragging his body for display throughout the Achaean camp. Another change in heart is noted when King Priam tearfully requests for the body ... of his son back. Achilles is deeply moved and returns the body to King Priam so that Hector may receive a hero's burial. Achilles" personality seams altered, yet he still has the potential to be l...

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... 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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... 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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... exterior, do they possess a humanness aspect as well. Two characters that exemplified these qualities are Achilles, defender of the Greeks, and Hector, defender of the Trojans. Both characters have their distinct approaches in corresponding to the conformities of being a hero. However, a very controversial question comes to mind; between Achilles and Hector, who is the true epic hero of Iliad? This question has been long debated upon ... due to the behavior and actions that Hector and Achilles, both display in certain events. Some critics considered Achilles as being the true hero of Il...

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... live represents the importance of survival for both Achilles and Patroclus's sake. He attempted to stagger free because it was not his time to die. Achilles should have been in battle, and Patroclus should have never approached the city. This attempt to stagger free was demolished when Hector "rammed his spearshaft home, stabbing deep in the guts, and the brazen point went jutting straight out through ... would have if he wished the same. The murderer has no mercy on his victim, wishing them the worst to come. In the death of Hector, Achilles compares his battle with Hector as something...

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... first. His death also helps the reader identify with Achilles" rage when Achilles finally confronts Hector in battle. If Patroclus was not such a tragic character, Achilles would be considered out of control and rash in the way he deals with Hector after he kills him. The middle portion of the passage is a metaphor comparing Hector and Patroclus to a lion and a boar fighting for the same small spring. Homer ... , but it the opposite. As was stated earlier, Patroclus is the anti-warrior and would be the least likely character urging for a war. The ironies of Hector's statements begin to ...

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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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... back into the war. He kills many of Priam's sons, and finally kills Hector, the main leader of the Trojans, who also killed Patroclus. At the height of his rage, Achilles drags Hector's body around Patroclus" grave every morning until Priam comes to beg for his son's body. Achilles finally hands over the body of Hector to his father, yet takes a huge ransom for it. Rage ... played a defining part in the revenge that would ensue on Hector's body. The factors of honor and death both affected Achilles and his actions. The story of ... the Iliad has many themes, symbols, and meanings. Yet,...

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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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... place. Each man has a family and a story behind his life and death. For Patroklos, however, life is cut short by his poor decisions and unyielding fury toward the Trojans. These, accompanied by his battle skills, greatly inferior to those of Achilles, cause Patroklos to disregard Achilles' warnings of what fate the battle might hold and attack Troy as well as Hector. If these decisions had not been ... made, Patroklos could have ridden beside Achilles in their sack of Troy. Thus, because ... of Patroklos' over-zealous and inferior battle decisions and behaviors, it is apparent that he i...

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... or the Homeric Age because the literature of the times concerns itself with the larger-than-life exploits of bold-spirited and daring characters from The Illiad and The Odyssey such as Achilles, Odysseus, and Hector, to name a few. The term hero in classical times referred to a person great in stature or social rank ... who had great deeds of magnitude to his credit. It did not necessarily mean a person who was good and noble of heart. To the Greeks, a life without honor and ... goes so far as to pray to Zeus for his friends safety: "I myself am staying where the ships are assembled, /...

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