... 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 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 ... . He no longer is crying like a child, but being rebellious and insulting Agamemnon. This shows his transition into adolescence. The three ambassadors Odysseus, Ajax, and Phoenix come to Achilles and try to get him to releas...

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... to dislodge him, she sent hundred-handed Briareus to save Zeus. Since that time, Zeus has always been partial to her and easily agrees to help her son. Hera, Zeus' wife, is obviously jealous of the hold that Thetis has on her husband. When she complains to Zeus about his decision to aid the Trojans against the Greeks, she is told to mind ... knows that he must fight to prevent his wife and child from being taken captive by the Greeks. Through his actions and beliefs, Hector shows that he is a proud, dutiful, wise, and honorable man, once of the most noble in the entire poem. Unfortunate...

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