Ekin Selin Arslan assignment2
Ekin Selin Arslan
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Assignment#2
Topic: Pg 263, l. 409-419, Book I, pg. 81, l. 131-41, Pg. 266-8, l. 524-98: compare the different male characters’ attitudes toward fighting over women. When and why are they willing to fight over women?
Throughout the time that I read The Iliad, I have observed that generally all of fightings, wars are because of women or for women. In other words all fightings connects with a woman at some point. As a woman, I always wondered that are those women are object or loved ones? Are they fighting for those woman just to form a reason to their endless desire to start a war or are they a real man who able to love and care for a woman? In this paper I want to analyse three different male attitude toward women so that may be I can find answers to my questions.
In page 81, we see a conversation between Agamemnon and his trusted warriors (mostly he talks to Achilles) about what to do with his prize. Because her father prays to Apollo and he send plague to city, Agamemnon has to set Chryseis, his war prize, free. Finally he accepts to resend her but only if they are willing to give him another prize. I prefer to analyse this speach in two parts. In first part Agamenon says that, “I prefer her by far, the girl herself. … I rank her higher than Clytemnestra, my wedded wife – she’s nothing less in build or breeding, in my mind or works of hand.”(131) From looking at this part we can say that Agamemnon really cares about her and he sees her more than a prize. At the second part rather than seeing death of his people, Agamemnon prefers to resend Chryseis. This can be seen as an honorable act untill he demands another prize and says “look – my prize snatched away!” (141) This last sentence shows that in the end Chryseis is just a prize. Actually, if we want look his fight deeply we need to consider the attitude of the other sides of the fight, who are the father of Chryseis and Achilles. Father of Chryseis does anything to win her
21202230
HUM111-
Assignment#2
Topic: Pg 263, l. 409-419, Book I, pg. 81, l. 131-41, Pg. 266-8, l. 524-98: compare the different male characters’ attitudes toward fighting over women. When and why are they willing to fight over women?
Throughout the time that I read The Iliad, I have observed that generally all of fightings, wars are because of women or for women. In other words all fightings connects with a woman at some point. As a woman, I always wondered that are those women are object or loved ones? Are they fighting for those woman just to form a reason to their endless desire to start a war or are they a real man who able to love and care for a woman? In this paper I want to analyse three different male attitude toward women so that may be I can find answers to my questions.
In page 81, we see a conversation between Agamemnon and his trusted warriors (mostly he talks to Achilles) about what to do with his prize. Because her father prays to Apollo and he send plague to city, Agamemnon has to set Chryseis, his war prize, free. Finally he accepts to resend her but only if they are willing to give him another prize. I prefer to analyse this speach in two parts. In first part Agamenon says that, “I prefer her by far, the girl herself. … I rank her higher than Clytemnestra, my wedded wife – she’s nothing less in build or breeding, in my mind or works of hand.”(131) From looking at this part we can say that Agamemnon really cares about her and he sees her more than a prize. At the second part rather than seeing death of his people, Agamemnon prefers to resend Chryseis. This can be seen as an honorable act untill he demands another prize and says “look – my prize snatched away!” (141) This last sentence shows that in the end Chryseis is just a prize. Actually, if we want look his fight deeply we need to consider the attitude of the other sides of the fight, who are the father of Chryseis and Achilles. Father of Chryseis does anything to win her