... major character flaws. He cannot control his pride or the rage that surges up when that pride is injured. He even abandons his troops because of a dispute with his commander, Agamemnon. Achilles brutally kills his enemies, and disrespects the body of King Hector, whom he killed as well. Achilles seems to show some reason after his friend Patrolocus is killed; he ... ends his disagreement with Agamemnon, and fighting King Hector, the person that killed Patrolocus. But, after Achilles kills Hector, he dishonors his body, dragging it behind his chariot. Aeneas, on the other hand, seems to ...

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... ), but as a Latin major, the comparison is hard for me to ignore. The argument between Horatio and Lorenzo reminds me of another classical work too - the argument between Ajax and Agamemnon over the spoils of the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad. In that context, Bel-Imperia could be likened to Helen or Cassandra - she drives men to war and murder for ... ...

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