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    The Iliad verses Troy I n the movie it’s stated that Agamemnon brought the kings together for this war‚ which really isn’t true. Helen had many powerful suitors and her father was too afraid to pick one of them for her husband in fear of offending the others. Odysseus convinced him to make a contract with the other suitors that made them promise that should anything happen to Helen‚ the other kings would assist in getting her back. When Paris kidnapped Helen from Menelaus‚ they were bound to

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    young brother Paris negotiate peace between Troy and Sparta. Paris has fallen in love with Helen‚ the wife of king Menelaus‚ and smuggles her to Troy with him. Infuriated‚ Menelaus vows revenge. Menelaus approaches his brother Agamemnon‚ a king of Mycenae who has conquered every army of Greece‚ and now commands them. Agamemnon‚ who has wanted to conquer Troy for years (which would give him control of the Aegean Sea)‚ uses this as a justification to invade Troy. General Nestor asks him to take the legendary

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    city of Troy at the hands of the Greek forces led by a psychopathic king‚ Agamemnon. This conflict‚ which took place about 1200 B.C has become one of the most well known Greek mythology events in history. In the 13th century B.C‚ Troy and Sparta had stopped their wars and become allies‚ this was until Paris the youngest prince of Troy seduced Helen‚ the Queen of Sparta and left with her back to Troy. When Menelaos (The King of Sparta) found out what had happened‚ he vowed to conquer Troy and with

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    Troy Analysis

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    TROY Film Analysis by: Dianne Lim Federis Wolfgang Peterson tackles the job of bringing the epic of Homer’s The Iliad to the big screen in his film Troy. Iliad being a lengthy text‚ it is impossible to include every detail in a movie. Therefore‚ there are obvious deviations from the book such as the length of the Trojan War‚ and the absence of celestial participation in the war. There is also an absence of mortal female characters such as Chryseis‚ Hecuba‚ and Cassandra in the movie. In contrast

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    the film. This film showed how much LEGO has impacted hundreds of lives‚ which is why this is my pathos. The only thing that I did not like about the movie‚ which falls into my logos‚ was how the film was organized. It’s not a big deal‚ but the way the film started was in space but then went away from it and came back to it at the very end of the movie. I forgot about it until the film mentioned it again at the end. I think they should have put the intro near the end. When I heard that the next film

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    The movie‚ thirteen days accurately displays the behavior and activities that were occurring during the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ which the movie is based upon. In a recent national study of the 13 days movie‚ against known fact the movie was given high ratings with accuracy and how true the facts where. But there were also problems and false facts‚ leading the movie to be more of a representation of the event than a total recall. The directors also had to have their analysis of the movie‚ pre and postproduction

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    Troy and the Iliad

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    The movie Troy and the epic poem‚ the Iliad‚ reveal distinct differences and similarities in several scenes such as when Achilles learns of his fate but still decides to go to war; which is a similarity‚ and two other scenes which are differences that concern the length of the war and the other is the role of the gods in the story. In both the movie and the book Thetis‚ Achilles’ mother tells him of his fate which is that if he sails for Troy he will earn glory and fame but his life will be cut

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    Movies are made to be sold and not history to be perfectly told. If movies include a complete history‚ it wouldn’t be known as a movie anymore. However‚ it would be called a documentary‚ which most people get fed up of. So interpretations‚ exaggerations and idealistic scenes are added to the movie to make it more interesting for the audience. "The Patriot" is a similar film made during the modern day time about a time period in which none of the experienced the real revolution. Politically‚ socially

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    Helen of Troy

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    Troy(2004) Reaction Paper This is a review/reaction paper for the movie Troy released in 2004‚ directed by Wolfgang Petersen and screenplay by David Benioff. Cast of characters: Achilles – Brad Pitt Hector – Eric Bana Helen of Troy – Diane Kruger Paris – Orlando Bloom King Priam – Peter O’Toole Menelaus – Brendan Gleeson Agamemnon – Brian Cox Patroclus – Garrett Hedlund Odysseus – Sean Bean Briseis – Rose Byrne Troy is a film adaptation of the epic Iliad. It is a good

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    Procne and Philomela Procne‚ the elder of the two‚ was married to Tereus of Thrace‚ a son Ares ‚ Who proved to have inherited all his Father’s detestable qualities. The two had a son‚ Itys‚ and when he was five years old Procne‚ who had all this while been living in Thrace separated from her family‚ begged Tereus to let her invite her sister Philomela to visit her. He agreed‚ and said he would go to Athens himself and escort her. But as soon as he set eyes on the girl he fell inlove with her

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