Loss In Troy And The Iliad

When exploring the main concerns and key aspects in both ‘Troy’ and ‘The Iliad’ the audience have to over-come and understand the huge focus of loss. When experiencing loss many other possessions come along with it such as, grief, anger, revenge, loneliness and various emotions and feelings. Looking deeper into both texts you gain a sense and understanding of the grief all families and loved ones had to endure from the loss of a family member or relation. Both text can be read into closely to find deeper meanings and when drawing onto different meanings you see that when reading ‘The Iliad’ and viewing ‘Troy’ nature is frequently touched on in both text.

To withstand the feeling of loss you have to go through the death or passing of a loved
These scenes are normally when there is a battle involved or a burial of a loved one. This creates a cold lonely feeling as they are all grieving and the mood is set in darkness to create a sad miserable impression. The mention of nature in ‘Troy’ is quite evident through the film as one of the main references of nature is water. Water is used for both good and bad in the film. It creates a barrier for outlanders to approach Troy, however the Greeks find a way around the problem and use numerous amounts of monstrous boats to Travel to Troy to take place in the battle. The use of wood is also very common during the film of ‘Troy’. It was used by the Greeks to build boats but most importantly to build the ‘Trojan Horse’. This helped the Greeks win the battle and was the reason why Achilles lost his now known as memorable life. The wood represents the mourning of one and the loneliness one feels. When it was time for both people of Sparta and people of Greece to pay their respect and tributes to the passed loved ones they would burn their deprived bodies on high wooden stakes to glorify the deceased ones power or vulnerability. The people of Sparta used another element of nature against the Greeks and that was fire. They used it to light up their arrows that would then find their way to a moving energetic ball of finely woven sticks and grass, the fire would then catch light to the traveling plunging balls that were pushed down the sand dunes to then finally make it to the mass of Greeks waiting to fight the people of Sparta. Troy used this to their advantage as it burnt alive and crushed many Greeks. Imagery is used throughout the film. With all battle scenes, some parts weren’t shown to viewers as it may have been too full on or gruesome. This is then when watches had to use their imagination and picture what it would be like fighting under orders of the king or ruler. Dictions such