Clas 121 Day 2 In a context relevant to you‚ would you make the choice Achilles made? Achilles had a difficult choice that he had to make when faced with living a long but simple life or a short but glorified one. I would not make the same choice that Achilles made of returning home and living a long‚ but ordinary life‚ instead of a short‚ but a celebrated one if he had stayed and fought. The reason for this is because I’d rather have my life mean something than being unimportant. One hasn’t lived
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The Song of Achilles is a novel by Madeline Miller. This novel is about two men‚ Achilles‚ and Patroclus. They first meet when Patroclus gets exiled from his kingdom because he accidentally killed another boy. Achilles’ father takes Patroclus in and trains him with the rest of the boys that take refuge in Achilles’s kingdom. The two boys grow up with each other which in turns makes them have many adventures together. First‚ they both go to Chiron‚ a centaur that trains heroes like Hercules. Then
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The Shield of Achilles W.H.Auden 1. Central Feeling/Themes A Juxtaposition between the cultured and civilized world and the corrupt and oppressed world War A Lack of freedom and independence Drawing the line between reality and the image one chooses to see The irony of what something that looks marvelous (what Thetis sees) is actually disastrous (what Hephaestos portrays on the shield) 2.What happens - Thetis goes to Hephaestos to create a shield for her invincible‚ "iron-hearted"‚ "man-slaying"
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Emily Bennett Humanities 1 February 3rd 2015 Iliad questions How would you describe the personality of Achilles? I see Achilles as ill-tempered and reactionary because he cannot control his temper and becomes furious when his pride is hurt. He is very prideful and will do basically anything for his name to be remembered. His mother‚ a Goddess and fortune teller‚ tells him his fate‚ if he goes to Troy to fight Hector his name will be forgotten. He still goes because of his strong desire to avenge
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The quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon in Book 1 demonstrates the core value in Homeric society that personal honor is paramount. After being forced into returning his war prize‚ Chryseis‚ Agamemnon is outraged by the idea that Achilles would be able to keep Briseis‚ and demands another prize as a replacement. In arguing with Achilles‚ Agamemnon states‚ If the army‚ in a generous spirit‚ voted me Some suitable prize of their own choice‚ something fair- But if it doesn’t‚ I’ll just
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TRANSFORMATIONS 51. Andy last saw his brother 10 years ago when he left for America to seek his fortune. Andy hasn’t ________________________________________________________________. 53. The witness said that she hadn’t seen that young man at the club the previous night. “___________________________________________________________‚” said the witness. 54. They are building new hotels all over the Black Sea coast. New hotels _________________________________________________________________
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Auden’s “The Shield of Achilles” is a nine-stanza poem that uses an episode from Homer’s ancient Greek epic Iliad (c. 800 b.c.e.; Eng. trans.‚ 1616) to meditate on the violence and brutality of the modern world. The poem begins with an unnamed woman looking over the shoulder of an unnamed man; the two are named in the last stanza‚ but those who know the Iliad well will immediately recognize from the poem’s title that the woman is the goddess Thetis‚ the mother of the Greek hero Achilles. The man over whose
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movie was the absence of the Gods in the movie. In Homer’s Iliad‚ the Gods played a very major part in the Trojan War. Although we‚ as viewers were aware that the characters believed in the Gods‚ the only God we actually saw in the movie was Thetis‚ Achilles’ mother. I understand that the omission of the Gods from the movie might have been due to the reason that the director and writer wanted to give the audience the feeling that the characters are believable‚ however‚ in my opinion by omitting the Gods
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as anger‚ strife‚ alienation and reconciliation. The main theme‚ however‚ is anger‚ specifically Achilles’. Achilles’ rage in the Iliad was not justifiable‚ he did everything out of his thirst for being remembered‚ he was overdramatic and his personality in general as seen during his interactions with Agamemnon‚ and Hector’s and Patroclus’ deaths. The story opens with a discussion between
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Homer we can clearly see that although Petterson has made an excellent film he has clearly left out certain aspects of the Iliad which really define the story. Both versions portray the Trojan War between Greece and Troy‚ Achilles killing Hector and King Priam visiting Achilles to ask for the body of his son Hector back. However both versions do not portray accurate versions of the fight between Menelaus and Paris‚ nor do they correctly explain why Helen has come to reside in Troy nor does the movie
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