... throughout the poem. Falling action is the retreat of the Trojan army; Achilles' revenge on Hector; the Achaeans' desecration of Hector's corpse. Major themes of the poem are the glory of war; military values over family life; the impermanence of human life and its creations. Motifs of this poem are armor; burial; fire etc ... that this is a more modern interpretation of this line and Achilles is not in fact angry, but is merely stating a fact. No matter which way the reader chooses to look it at though, he still knows that the gods are watching and finds out later that they are ......

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• Grade Level: High School