... lost everything. So a bold decision like that inspired by his own rage came easily to him because Achilles had nothing to lose. Agamemnon and his men will suffer greatly due to the absence of the noble Achilles. His anger was so strong that it took divine interaction ... and flow of the Iliad. Moving along, Achilles" self imposed isolation is hurting the Greeks on the battlefield. Through Achilles" pride and intense hatred toward Agamemnon, he refuses to fight, and ponders life's meaning. Achilles still "[loathes] like Hell's Gates the man who thinks one thing and says another; ... relen...

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... be treated better. Homer makes it clear in The Iliad that Achilles is not only a great fighter, but also the hero in the epic. Agamemnon has too much pride to realize how great of a role Achilles plays in the epic, and being too prideful causes the readers to want to ... the readers know he left it out. Homer uses other characters like Odysseus to help empathize with Achilles. If Odysseus thinks the harsh remarks from Agamemnon are unnecessary, then maybe the audience will as well. Homer describes Achilles and Patroclus to be brother-like, so Patroclus' death was heart ... Achilles desir...

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... , if not the mightiest, one of the mightiest military warriors amongst both the Achaean and Trojan armies. At the beginning of Homer's tale Akhilleus" confrontation with Agamemnon shows us the nobility and integrity of a soldier although high up in the ranks of a great army, he stands up against his commander in chief so ... to speak because he felt that he was the only one with enough courage and military worth to be able to speak up and question Agamemnon's actions. This display of courage and nobility almost instantaneously makes you admire the character and the kind of man that he is...

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... goddess Thetis and leader of the Myrmidons, portrays a more impulsive nature that is evident when he gets into an argument with Agamemnon over Briseis, the war prize (WL 235). When Agamemnon takes Briseis away from Achilles, he is quick to warn Agamemnon that he would pay dearly for the deed (E.H. 184). During their argument, he boasts that "...so truly a time shall come when ... Achilles will be missed by the nation one and all" and he later claims to Agamemnon "Then you shall tear your temper to tatters that you would not respect the best man of all." These quotes show Achilles rash s...

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... We are introduced to the rage of Achilles in the very first book of the epic. Achilles is enraged when Agamemnon insists that he be repaid with Achilles" prize after Agamemnon's has to be returned. Achilles overreacts and announces that he is withdrawing his troops from the battle and returning to ... his country without even considering the harm that will be done to the Achaeans. Although Agamemnon's actions can be perceived as disrespect towards Achilles as a leader and warrior, Achilles still reacts with selfishness. Achilles" pride gets in the way ... of the success of his army aga...

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... He is the mightiest warrior in the Achaean army, but he cannot control his pride and his rage makes a puppet of him. He gets jealous of Agamemnon for taking all the glory of winning the battles, which is understandable because he is the one who won them, and withdraws from battle causing much suffering ... to grow up. In the early books, Homer is trying to compare the actions of Achilles to those of a child. After Agamemnon takes Achilles prize, the Briseis, from him, Agamemnon vows that he will not fight in the Trojan War anymore. Then he runs to the beach to cry to his mother. ... of...

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... to take away his honor. Therefore he quitted the Achaian army during the war since he was insulted by Agamemnon, who is the king of Mycenae. Achilleus was angry because Agamemnon took away his prize of the war, Briseis. He saw this treat by Agamemnon as an outrage of his honor and lost of time. So he step aside even though the Achaian ... didnt give up any chance to be honored. But his decision made Patroklos die in the war. He was killed by Hektor. At that moment, Achilleus's anger was transfer from Agamemnon to Hektor. He must return to the war and kill Hektor to revenge for Patroklos...

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... no longer wants honor and glory. He has overlooked these in favor of revenge. This is very similar to his action in Book Nine when he declines the gifts from Agamemnon. He wants to revenge the death of Patroklos and to give him back his glory by retrieving his body and giving him a proper burial. This will also take away the ... burial and mourn their hero. Achilleus returns Hektor's body for a ransom that he knows he will never get to enjoy. It is as if he is accepting nothing. He declined Agamemnon's gifts as a bribe, and now he returns the body of Hektor. The body of the individual w...

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... . Throughout the Iliad there are examples of how honor affects relationships and actions, and also how those actions and relationships affect one's honor. In the beginning of the Iliad when Agamemnon takes Achilles" prize that was given to Achilles by the Greeks. This begins the anger that is building up inside of Achilles. He soon decides just not to participate in ... the war at all. Many of the other leaders ask him to come back. Agamemnon even offers Achilles a ransom so he will return. However, Achilles does not want to come back. He then tells all of the mediators that it was not j...

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... characteristic that causes a few flaws in his perfect image. Achilles starts out against the Trojan War. He doesn't believe he should fight in it because he was directly insulted when Agamemnon demanded that he give up Briseis, which was female he claimed after the Achaean army sacked Chryse. This insult to his pride, is what drove his fury to refuse to ... fight. It takes the death of his friend Patroclus to get him to fight. Although the death of Patroclus prompts Achilles to fight, it simply just redirected his anger from Agamemnon towards Hector, which was who killed Patroclus. Achi...

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... and heroism of war. The Iliad shows the brutality of war by the many unkindly deaths throughout the epic. Homer describes many deaths in violent, anatomic detail. The plague that Agamemnon brought upon the Achaeans is one example of the brutality of war. The plague was made because of a selfish Achilles. Other examples would be by the way Patroclus and Hector ... ...

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... of fighting only for themselves. Menelaus quickly disproves Hector by fighting fiercely for Patroclus" body for the next several days, but his attack still holds true for the Achaean king, Agamemnon. The overall effect of this passage is remorse for Patroclus and the beginning of loathing for Hector. Once he strips the armor from the dead body, Hector has sealed his ... ...

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