HIS 111- Antiquity to 1500 Film Analysis- Troy Troy is an adaption of the poem written by Homer‚ also known as the Iliad. The screenplay was written by David Benioff and stars Brad Pitt‚ Eric Bana‚ Orlando Bloom‚ Brian Cox‚ Diane Kruger‚ and Rose Byrne. It is a brilliant story of love and war produced in 2004. My reason for choosing this film is because of the controversy over what is myth and what is fact regarding the fall of Troy. I find the movie so majestic yet the timeframe of the Iliad
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Sophocles fit all of qualifications. Oedipus is a tragic hero since his particular characteristic is king. In another play “Fences” by August Wilson‚ the main character Troy Maxson‚ is different with Oedipus. He is not a tragic hero of Aristotle’s concept‚ but he is a modern tragic. Oedipus was definitely a tragic hero‚ but Troy is not matching it. Following the Aristotle’s definition of tragic hero: “Aristotle observes that the protagonist‚ the hero or chief character of a tragedy‚ is a person
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Farhood Bahadori Classical Mythology Professor Sina Jafari 5 July 2012 Guidelines for the Comparative analysis of the movie "Troy" and "The Iliad" Your comparative essay should be typed in single space paragraphing (font 12 Times New Roman) and it should be at least 500 words. (I will use the "word count" feature in Microsoft Word to check the number of words.) Try not to exceed 1000 words at most. Your essay should be the result of your own contemplations‚ observations and conclusions. You
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No Second Troy Analysis The poem seems to be divided into two parts: lines 1 through 5 deal more in the empirical realm (from emotional pain to political defiance and out rage)‚ while lines 6 through 12 veer off into the ethereal- and apocalyptic- world of ancient Troy and its Helen. WHY should I blame her that she filled my days / With misery describes the pain of Yeats’ unrequited love. … that she would of late / Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways refers to Irish nationalists
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CHARACTERS MORTALS: AGAMEMNON The leader of the Achaean expedition to Troy‚ he was the King of Mycenae. On his return from Troy he was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra‚ and her lover Aegisthus. The lover was the son of Thyestes‚ the brother and enemy of Atreus‚ Agamemnon’s father. When Odysseus voyages to Hades he meets with Agamemnon’s ghost. ALCINOUS The King of the Phaeacians and husband of Arete‚ who had a daughter called Nausicaa. Nausicaa helps Odysseus when he first arrives in their
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numerous connotations can allow the reader to imagine more than just the broader aspects of these two subjects. Blood imagery reveals the darker side of humanity where water can either mean pureness and tranquility or destruction and chaos. The novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ uses the imagery of blood and water to represent the ways of the revolution. The water in this novel foreshadows and represents the building anger and rage of the peasant revolutionaries. From the beginning of the
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The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the Achaeans demanded to take her back and conquer and make Troy fall. The movie only shows the important details and the book‚ and changes the flow of the story to make it more beautiful and appropriate for their theme. After viewing the
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Assistan Epic Tale The empire of Assistan Priscus Nikon a half god half human who strikes fear into everyone heart whom dares tries to fight him. He ruled over billions and they all love him as a great leader and a friend to all. He has never developed any scars due to his full regeneration of his body and never beaten against because of his super strength. He was the greatest warrior this world has ever known and ever will know. His mother was a poor‚ but very a beautiful maiden whom livelihood
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HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN AND THE DISCOVERY OF TROY “So fight by the ships‚ all together. And that comrade Who meets his death and destiny‚ speared or stabbed‚ Let him die! He dies fighting for the fatherland- No dishonor there! He’ll leave behind him wife and sons unscathed‚ His house and estate unharmed- once these Argives Sail for home‚ the fatherland they love.” –The Iliad Book 15 lines 574-580‚ by Homer Today‚ on the plains of Western Anatolia lies the site of one of the most well
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Schliemann was interested in the tales created by Homer and this may be what led him to discover the site of Troy. He had begun excavating at a mound located in Hisarlik‚ Turkey. It was here where he found the location of Troy. He had discovered seven settlements which he labelled using Roman numerals with the deepest layer being Troy I and the shallowest being Troy VII. Schliemann identified Troy II as Homeric Troy and this brought with it a new insight into the tales of Homer. Historians now knew
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